FTC to Examine Patent Application Process

Armchair Dissident writes "The BBC is running an article that suggests that the FTC is to look into the way that patents are reviewed and issued. If this article is correct it seems that many guesses as to how patents are issued were correct; with 95% of patent applications being approved. They may also address the issue of "patent trolls"."

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Re:For a moment I thought this was good...

[Marxist Hacker 42]

I include software engineers- which may or may not be real engineers by certain people's definitions (software engineering being WAY too young of a process and way too much of an art for most people's tastes on what engineering is). However, yes, there's a real problem with American Engineers staying employed or employable right now. Partially because of bigotry in middle management- they have this prejudice that anybody with an American birth certificate is going to be WAY too expensive, especially if they have a college degree. Partially because engineers elsewhere- especially in India and Southeast Asia- are so much cheaper that they make American engineers look way too expensive.