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Patent Reviews Via Wiki

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the patents-of-the-many dept.

unboring writes "Fortune reports on a pilot program where the patent approval process would be opened to outsiders for review. Reviewers can vote and discuss on different proposals, through say a wiki. Given the many (recent and past) patent approval fiascos, this seems like a good idea. It'll be interesting to see how they would deal with the issues faced by Wikipedia."

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  1. Re:If you build it, they will abuse it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The biggest problem is unlikely to come from businesses abusing the system. It is going to come from the "volunteers" yes the people with all that free time on their hands and an indepth knowledge of patent law. Let's face it, the only people who have enough free time are sitting in their parent's basement right now, yes you Slashdot users who have demonstrated time and time again that they don't know anything about patent law, can't read a claim to save their lives and wouldn't know prior art if it hit them.