Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t...
by burfog on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @01:42AM
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The review will never be enough.
It's better to eliminate the presumption of validity. Without that presumption, there is no need to bother with review, and patents become little more than certified timestamps.
Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t...
by Eug894 on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @02:08AM
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...with R&D price tags attached. Then everyone who uses something a court considered similar must pay his contribution to the price of the oldest patent involved.
It's better to eliminate the presumption of validity. Without that presumption, there is no need to bother with review, and patents become little more than certified timestamps.