Do you really want to live in a world where all new discoveries are held as trade secrets, where companies rip off one another's designs, and there is a race to the bottom? Who is going to spend money to invest in R&D, even in large companies, if someone can reverse engineer it and sell it cheaply not having to recoup the cost to initially develop the product?
Sure it helps the consumer in the short term, but I think such a world would stagnate technological development, outside of the realm of tinkers and guilds.
Raise the size of congress 10 to 100 fold. Eliminate television advertising for politics and any mention of any candidate in a paid political commercial. Reduces the costs of running a campaign so you don't beholden oneself to lobbyists etc. Likewise the advertisements are highly inaccurate and don't provide much detail on their stances. 2 term limits. There should be no career house/senate members.
The first two will reduce the costs of running a campaign, and bring candidates/members of congress much closer to their constituents. The later should reduce corruption.
Now this would play havoc with seniority in congress etc.
I spent a semester in japan in college, I made sure not to hang out with the other americans, thats the whole reason why I wanted to go study with another culture.
I'm not allowed to discuss the merits of any case, unless it is with the inventor or their representative. All I can say is that its the opinion of the USPTO that the patent is valid until such time that it is demonstrated that the patent is invalid via the courts or reissue/re-exam.
Buddy of mine builds systems for people, has had problems when installing new components such as keyboards etc. While that is relatively minor, it does add up time unpacking/repacking mice/keyboards etc when you are installing an OS.
IAPE (I am a patent examiner). I can not discuss the merits of this case, but I can lay out some of the requirements to receive a patent.
The specification is to be in enough detail that one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made would possess sufficient knowledge to know how to make and use the invention based upon applicants disclosure. This does not mean that gate/circuit level designs are required, nor that enough detail must be present to enable a layman to make and use the invention or that the program code to implement the invention is required.
Examiners can do a 35 USC 101 rejection for enablement/best mode/in possession of the invention etc, if not enough detail is present to detail how to make/use the invention.
They exist, met a bunch when I was a kid. I don't think the fact that faith is part of their lives means that they can't come up with technical solutions to real world problems. They certainly don't expect god to design for them.
This is happening government wide, HSPD-12 is a government wide mandate. Career employees in ALL agencies are not happy about this, particularly in non-defense, non-secure etc agencies.
My agency is doing this as well. Can't really say that I like feds going through my medical records, and I don't understand why I need to be fingerprinted again.
I guess there should be an engine repair test too before anyone operates their car? A plumbing repair test before anyone flushes a toilet? Does the CEO of your average Fortune 500 company need to know how to deal with any technical issue?
People have their own areas of expertise, and don't need to possess knowledge in other areas in order to successfully perform their job.
Plus its stuff like this that means that the average IT guy has a job anyways.
Thats quite the reverse of the normal situation. As a former sales engineer, I was making 2-4x what the typical engineer/coder was making.
Sales guys in the typical company usually are the highest paid and deservedly so as they bring in the money, whether the product is good, or not. Most products have to be sold, few actually sell themselves, even if they are extremely useful.
You've got it right there. I've said for years ban political ads on tv/radio. they are wildly inaccurate, don't really tell me what either candidate really thinks about any issue.
Without TV time, you don't need a ton of money to run.
Alternatively, massively increase the size of the House to 4000 members or so. That way each representative is closer to their constituents and it dilutes the amount of money available to each candidate.
The fact that new technology gets publically disclosed allowing others to build on it still makes patents a useful thing.
On the otherhand, since they used to only be publicly disclosed upon being issued, now almost all patent applications are published.
I don't really want to live in a world of trade secrets, with corporate espionage even more rampant. Sure you can reverse engineer all you want, but do you want to see a return to guilds guarding their secrets?
A first action allowance is exceedingly rare (what you are implying by rubber stamp), and to be honest unwanted by attorneys, per discussion I had attended with the head of former Bell Lab's IP dept.
Think about it for a second, it means that perhaps your patent claims weren't broad enough and you are in fact entitled to more coverage, hence why reissue's are around. On the otherhand, it can also help establish the metes and bounds of what is out there.
You hit it on the money. I have had job offers in the past based simply off I went to school and these offers werent from fellow alumni, rather people in industry who recognized the rigorous education.
People totally forget the networking factor as well.
What one actually learns might be exteremely similiar between a public/private institution, but the other factors in terms of networking/name recognition are invaluable.
That might be true for grad school tuition, but out of curiousity, do they pay for their accrued undergraduate debt?
My GF's phd canidate (in biochem) stipdend wouldnt nearly cover her cost of living in addition to 60-100k in student debt. For example 10 year loan at 5% on 60k of debt runs $636.39.
I think that is the point the parent poster was trying to make.
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i think you have examiners confused with the court system.
The examining corp, nor the office itself ever allowed software patents, rather it was a court decision
see State Street Bank & Trust Company v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., 149 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1998), 47 USPQ2d 1596
Do you really want to live in a world where all new discoveries are held as trade secrets, where companies rip off one another's designs, and there is a race to the bottom? Who is going to spend money to invest in R&D, even in large companies, if someone can reverse engineer it and sell it cheaply not having to recoup the cost to initially develop the product?
Sure it helps the consumer in the short term, but I think such a world would stagnate technological development, outside of the realm of tinkers and guilds.
Raise the size of congress 10 to 100 fold.
Eliminate television advertising for politics and any mention of any candidate in a paid political commercial. Reduces the costs of running a campaign so you don't beholden oneself to lobbyists etc. Likewise the advertisements are highly inaccurate and don't provide much detail on their stances.
2 term limits. There should be no career house/senate members.
The first two will reduce the costs of running a campaign, and bring candidates/members of congress much closer to their constituents. The later should reduce corruption.
Now this would play havoc with seniority in congress etc.
I spent a semester in japan in college, I made sure not to hang out with the other americans, thats the whole reason why I wanted to go study with another culture.
I'm not allowed to discuss the merits of any case, unless it is with the inventor or their representative. All I can say is that its the opinion of the USPTO that the patent is valid until such time that it is demonstrated that the patent is invalid via the courts or reissue/re-exam.
Buddy of mine builds systems for people, has had problems when installing new components such as keyboards etc. While that is relatively minor, it does add up time unpacking/repacking mice/keyboards etc when you are installing an OS.
IAPE (I am a patent examiner). I can not discuss the merits of this case, but I can lay out some of the requirements to receive a patent.
The specification is to be in enough detail that one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made would possess sufficient knowledge to know how to make and use the invention based upon applicants disclosure. This does not mean that gate/circuit level designs are required, nor that enough detail must be present to enable a layman to make and use the invention or that the program code to implement the invention is required.
Examiners can do a 35 USC 101 rejection for enablement/best mode/in possession of the invention etc, if not enough detail is present to detail how to make/use the invention.
If that was true then who is going to design various defense systems? Are we going to outsource American arms developments overseas?
They exist, met a bunch when I was a kid. I don't think the fact that faith is part of their lives means that they can't come up with technical solutions to real world problems. They certainly don't expect god to design for them.
"Never have American rights been more trampled on than during the current administration"
I think you need to check your American History books on that one.
Sedition acts of 1798/1918
Japanese internment
House Committee on Un-American Activities
Slavery
Jim Crow
etc
The Japanese economy has been experiencing deflation for the past few years.
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/624
This is happening government wide, HSPD-12 is a government wide mandate. Career employees in ALL agencies are not happy about this, particularly in non-defense, non-secure etc agencies.
My agency is doing this as well. Can't really say that I like feds going through my medical records, and I don't understand why I need to be fingerprinted again.
I guess there should be an engine repair test too before anyone operates their car? A plumbing repair test before anyone flushes a toilet? Does the CEO of your average Fortune 500 company need to know how to deal with any technical issue?
People have their own areas of expertise, and don't need to possess knowledge in other areas in order to successfully perform their job.
Plus its stuff like this that means that the average IT guy has a job anyways.
Thats quite the reverse of the normal situation. As a former sales engineer, I was making 2-4x what the typical engineer/coder was making.
Sales guys in the typical company usually are the highest paid and deservedly so as they bring in the money, whether the product is good, or not. Most products have to be sold, few actually sell themselves, even if they are extremely useful.
You've got it right there. I've said for years ban political ads on tv/radio. they are wildly inaccurate, don't really tell me what either candidate really thinks about any issue.
Without TV time, you don't need a ton of money to run.
Alternatively, massively increase the size of the House to 4000 members or so. That way each representative is closer to their constituents and it dilutes the amount of money available to each candidate.
The article indicates support for XviD, or at the very least being able to detect XviD files in the PS3 2.0 firmware.
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_multi_image_with_table_0099.shtm
since august 4th lighters are allowed again.
The fact that new technology gets publically disclosed allowing others to build on it still makes patents a useful thing.
On the otherhand, since they used to only be publicly disclosed upon being issued, now almost all patent applications are published.
I don't really want to live in a world of trade secrets, with corporate espionage even more rampant. Sure you can reverse engineer all you want, but do you want to see a return to guilds guarding their secrets?
A first action allowance is exceedingly rare (what you are implying by rubber stamp), and to be honest unwanted by attorneys, per discussion I had attended with the head of former Bell Lab's IP dept.
Think about it for a second, it means that perhaps your patent claims weren't broad enough and you are in fact entitled to more coverage, hence why reissue's are around. On the otherhand, it can also help establish the metes and bounds of what is out there.
i'm not saying that it would have been an obvious solution at the time of invention. however just about everything seems obvious in hindsight.
thats the problem examiners have, particularly if they look at applications 5+ years after filing.
my understanding is that there is no cap for educational institutions and as such it is a bit easier to get a visa for a postdoc compared to industry.
You hit it on the money. I have had job offers in the past based simply off I went to school and these offers werent from fellow alumni, rather people in industry who recognized the rigorous education.
People totally forget the networking factor as well.
What one actually learns might be exteremely similiar between a public/private institution, but the other factors in terms of networking/name recognition are invaluable.
That might be true for grad school tuition, but out of curiousity, do they pay for their accrued undergraduate debt?
My GF's phd canidate (in biochem) stipdend wouldnt nearly cover her cost of living in addition to 60-100k in student debt. For example 10 year loan at 5% on 60k of debt runs $636.39.
I think that is the point the parent poster was trying to make.
Actually that isn't quite true, if you have children, mortgages etc, you can pay no income taxes.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/542.html
~32% didnt pay any in 2004. Or more accurately, they were refunded it.