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Patent Office Head Lays Out Reform Strategy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the long-overdue dept.

jeevesbond writes to tell us that Jon Dudas, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office has laid out a plan for patent reform. "Speaking at the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose, Dudas said that characterizing the patent system as hurting innovation is a 'fundamentally wrong' way to frame the debate. 'I have traveled around the world, and every nation is thinking how it can model [intellectual property governance] after the U.S,' Dudas said. 'It's a proven system, over 200 years old. The Supreme Court, Congress and policy makers are involved [in cases and legal reforms] not because the system is broken. It's not perfect, and we should be having the debate on how to improve.'"

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  1. Great! But... by gardyloo · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...I'm afraid I have prior art claims to that plan.

    FP!

  2. Re:Yah, right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have you ever considered the US may be right every single time. Its for the best. Wait till we get you off the metric system.

  3. Jon Dudas = Don Judas. by pruneau · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anybody else spotted this ?

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    [Pruneau /\o^O/\ warranty void if this .sig is removed]
  4. Well, it's consistent anyway by NewToNix · · Score: 2, Funny

    On July 31, 1790 Samuel Hopkins was issued the first patent for a process of making potash, an ingredient used in fertilizer.

    It was all about bullshit then, and it still is.