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How to Fix U.S. Patents
Frisky070802 writes "IEEE Spectrum has an interesting article on how to fix the U.S. patent system. It starts with an example of how broken the system is, with Smuckers suing a small company for crustless PB&J. It has a great overview of how the system has evolved and how much it favors the big patent holders, and suggests 3 specific fixes: 'create incentives and opportunities for parties to challenge the novelty and nonobviousness of an invention before the PTO grants a patent,' examine the important patents meticulously; don't waste effort on the unimportant ones that can be ousted early, and for examining prior art, use judges and special masters rather than uninformed juries."
There are many scum, child rapists are scum of the Earth, but so are those who torture military prisoners, and the country that supports these people, and many others...
Be careful when you start pointing fingers, you'll be surprised how many will point back at you.
Insightful my ass. Don't forget that when a person refers to a 'drug dealer' the conventional thought is one of a minority on the local poverty ridden streets of a major city trying to 'make a living', however, TRUE drug dealers (where the drugs are actually manufactured) sit in multi-million dollar homes far away from any civilized law and simply murder any government officials that tend to interupt business as well as their families to make a statement. They may not get a nod from where they import the drugs but I'll guarantee you it gets one from the citizens where they live. As far as I'm concerned, they are child rapists. They're raping our children's futures. And no, I'm not one of "....for the children" fanatics.
I still can't get the screen shots of Castle Wolfenstein for the Apple IIe out of my head.