Patent Office Ramps Up Patent Approvals

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 20, 2010 @10:35AM from the this-can-only-end-well dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the somewhat disappointing Bilski ruling behind us, people concerned about overly broad patents should be looking at what's going on at the US Patent Office. Due to various other Supreme Court decisions and lots of bad publicity, the USPTO had gone on a 'quality binge' for a few years, rejecting a lot more patents than usual. However, with new leadership, it appears that the USPTO is back to its old tricks and approving a ton of patents (at an unheard of rate) in a misguided attempt to get through the 'backlog.' Get ready for another round of patent lawsuits on patents that never should have been granted."

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Lawyers are scum by grumpygrodyguy · 2010-08-20 10:38 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I really do hate this, 90% of politicians are lawyers.
They are an unchecked self-appointing cancer.

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The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky