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USPTO Publishes Suggestions For Intellectual Property Enforcement

Posted by timothy on from the just-thinking-about-it-one-of-the-best-things-I've-ever-done dept.

First time accepted submitter rjkimble writes "In June, the USPTO solicited proposals for voluntary best practices supporting intellectual property enforcement, especially against infringement that occurs online. It received 23 responses from individuals and organizations, including Google, the EFF, and the MPAA and RIAA. [On Wednesday] they were posted to the USPTO web site."

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  1. Re:Why do they care? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nah, then it would cost the copyright holders money, which does not fit with privatize the profits, socialize the costs.

  2. Re:(PDFs?!) Did any include the obvious? by b4dc0d3r · · Score: 3, Insightful

    flow is even more important now, with screen sizes between 4 inches and 60 plus inches.

    if you want precise control, there is a portable document format that does a great job.

    quit whining.

  3. It shouldn't be possible by gr8_phk · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It shouldn't be possible to violate a patent on the internet. Transmitting data should not be patent infringement. If so, then hosting patent documents on the net would be infringement. Software source code is the ultimate description of HOW to implement something, so it should be immune (IANAL) even for software patents. I suppose an executable would constitute infringement where software patents are allowed. But WTF does RIAA and MPAA have to say about patents anyway? They're all about copyright. Right?