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Inventor (patent)
Software Patent “Rant” Misses The Point
Another day, another uniformed rant about the evils of “software patents.” The author quickly demonstrates a complete misunderstanding of the nature of NPE patent litigation: On one hand, an NPE does not need much money to bankroll (or at least initiate) a patent infringement suit — in fact, there are law firms who will take … Continue reading
Serious Opposition To Patent Reform From California Senators
Proving that patent reform truly is a bi-partisan issue, California Senator’s Boxer and Feinstein boldly challenged fellow Democrat Patrick Leahy’s Patent Reform America Invents Act and its ‘first-to-file’ provisions. Meanwhile, myself and others in the anti-FTF camp have spent far too much time needlessly debating the interference aspect of the present ‘first-to-invent’ system (where a … Continue reading
Banks Buy Another Patent Reform Amendment
UPDATE: LINKS FIXED Yesterday, the Senate made further modifications to S.23, now called America Invents Act, which present a slight gain from what the bill originally represented. Unfortunately, the insidious and problematic ‘first-to-file’ provisions remain, and yet another amendment bought and paid for by the financial industry. While FTF has its supporters, including the AIPLA, … Continue reading
Patent Reformers Favor Corporate Interests Over Inventor’s Rights
There’s one revision tucked away in S.23 (the Patent Reform Act of 2011) that almost no one is talking about: changes to the procedure for filing without the Inventor’s oath and declaration. In the US, unlike much of the world, patents are applied for by inventors, not corporations. Sure, the rights to a patent application, … Continue reading
New Patent Reform Counterattack – Don’t Be Like The French
Generalizing (perhaps a bit), but as Americans, I have learned that we don’t like the French. We found out in the last decade that our lawmakers don’t like the French a whole lot either, so if you oppose the Patent Reform Act of 2011, send your congressman (or woman) a case of freedom fries and … Continue reading
