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House Passes Patent Overhaul Bill
narramissic writes "ITworld reports that the House of Representatives has passed a bill that promises to overhaul the US patent system. 'The Patent Reform Act, supported by several large tech vendors including Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp., would allow courts to change they way they assess damages in patent infringement cases. Currently, courts generally consider the value of the entire product when a small piece of the product infringes a patent; the bill would allow, but not require, courts to base damages only on the value of the infringing piece."
1. put a clock in an existing product 2. sue when company releases same 3. profit?
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Sounds like this is just the sweeping overhaul we need to solve the patent system's problems!
ceci n'est pas une
Boy I hope someone doesn't already hold a patent for reforming the patent system in this way. Then they'd sue the government for using it. You might think I'm joking but theoretically if someone did hold tons of patents for patent reform and sat on them, that would stop anyone from reforming the patent system and invalidating their patents. Ahhh see, it's like one big circle of patent doom lol.
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And then go to the patent-people, hand over the toiletpaper; "I'd like to patent this shit".
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It takes more than just showing a judge a notebook and claiming that the date on it is correct. There's a well established practice of sending mail to yourself so you can show the postmark on the unopened envelope and show the court that the USPS attests to the date on it.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
With enough laxative, anyone could pass it.
Max.