Re:Notorious patent enforcement entity values its entire por...
by Steko on Thursday November 01, 2018 @04:32PM
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> The patent system needs to be changed in some way
It needs a lot of changes. One simple but important fix would be to revert the 1991 budget change that made the USPTO run on fees instead of taxpayer funds. This dramatically increased the incentive to approve shit patents, something borne out in the pre-91 and post-91 data:
It needs a lot of changes. One simple but important fix would be to revert the 1991 budget change that made the USPTO run on fees instead of taxpayer funds. This dramatically increased the incentive to approve shit patents, something borne out in the pre-91 and post-91 data:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/these-experts-fi...