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The Good Old Patent Law - Revisited

Posted by michael on from the patent-leather dept.

trifakir writes "Scientific American talks about the imperfections of the current patent law, subject to the book of two authors from the Harvard Business School. It seems that even business people start seeing the insanity of the current patent system. This time it seems that they are not only criticizing, but suggesting some procedural amendments (e.g. patent conflicts resolved by a judge and not by a jury). Do you think that any of these has chances being heard by the big wigs?"

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  1. I have patented the process of discussing patents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and the Abuse of the USPTO.

    Awaiting 699$,
    Darl McBride.

    I, have, patented, the, process, of, discussing, patents, Abuse, USPTO, awaiting, 699$ and Darl Mcbride are copyright of SCO Group(tm).

  2. patent #782334 by circletimessquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    i own patent #782334:

    "concerning procedural amendments whereby patent conflicts are resolved by a judge and not by a jury "

    you guys try it without the proper licensing from me, and i'll sue you for infringement and prior art and i'll have you tied up court for decades

    --
    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it