We Stood Up to a Patent Troll and Won

Re:We Stood Up to a Patent Troll and Won by ReaLNero on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:48AM (#21450260)

The idea of exponentially increasing patent costs has a major issue: not all businesses are alike. If I make a new model of fork and patent it, I can probably enter the market quickly. However, if my patent is for some new type of power plant, I will not be able to enter market within 20 years.

Refutal: raise the cost differently depending on time to enter the market?

Then some statistician will have to be paid to estimate this, meaning patent applications are much more expensive.

I hope you think my comment was constructive.

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Re:We Stood Up to a Patent Troll and Won by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @04:10AM (#21450828)

But the people preparing to build a power plant, drawing up plans say, or doing tooling, would be doing "contributory infringement". The bank that funded it would be co-liable, which is great for the patent holder if they want a payday.

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Re:We Stood Up to a Patent Troll and Won by 55555 on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:52AM (#21450275)

isnt this already an issue with the current system too? Patents all have the same minimum cost and same minimum effective legal cost, even though some opportunities are large and some are small. I understand your criticism but I think, if properly fleshed out and part of a larger plan, some sort of exponential cost feature could be useful.

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