Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
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Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#2Anyone have a link to the proposed rules? I couldn't see a reference to the text in the EFF release.
Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#3Anyone have a link to the proposed rules? I couldn't see a reference to the text in the EFF release.
The "Take Action" buttons take you to a page with both the rules and a way to comment on them.
Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#4Anyone have a link to the proposed rules? I couldn't see a reference to the text in the EFF release.
The "Take Action" buttons take you to a page with both the rules and a way to comment on them.
Thanks!
I assumed "Take Action" was a simple form, and I didn't want to do that until I read what I was taking action about.
Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#5I assume this change is related to the patent office wanting to reduce its workload? Funding probably should be increased. Patent nonsense ends up costing everyone a LOT more in the long run.
Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#6Why Software Patents are Bad, Period.
https://caseymuratori.com/blog_0027
Patents are out of control, and they’re hurting innovation
https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/patents-are-out-of-control...
Economic and Game Theory Against Intellectual Monopoly
https://web.archive.org/web/20120121014753/https://levine.ss...
PATENTS AND INNOVATION IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
https://gwern.net/doc/economics/2016-moser.pdf
Historical record shows how intellectual property systematically slowed down innovation
https://web.archive.org/web/20140306012646/http://blog.p2pfo...
Criticism of patents
Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#7Anyone have a link to the proposed rules? I couldn't see a reference to the text in the EFF release.
The "Take Action" buttons take you to a page with both the rules and a way to comment on them.
Someone should tell the UX/UI team at the EFF that banner blindness[1] (cf [2][3]) applies to bright, contrasting buttons in the middle of text content nowadays, in part because of websites like substack that way-overuse mid-article calls to action.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_blindness
[2] https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/120541/why-do-people-...
Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#8Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#9I assume this change is related to the patent office wanting to reduce its workload? Funding probably should be increased. Patent nonsense ends up costing everyone a LOT more in the long run.
My reading is that it's probably related to an extortion attempt where a firm went after VLSI and Intel?
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/blackmail-at-the-uspto-dir...
Re: Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
#10Why Software Patents are Bad, Period. https://caseymuratori.com/blog_0027 Patents are out of control, and they’re hurting innovation https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/patents-are-out-of-control... Economic and Game Theory Against Intellectual Monopoly https://web.archive.org/web/20120121014753/https://levine.ss... PATENTS AND INNOVATION IN ECONOMIC HISTORY https://gwern.net/doc/economics/2016-moser.pdf Historical rec…
I’m not sure radicalising this debate helps anyone. We are trying for a narrow victory of preserving IPR. Turning that into a broader argument about software patents plays into the opposition’s hands.