Re:House approves major overhaul of patent system
by anamax on Friday June 24, 2011 @06:07PM
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>> In other words, billion dollar companies get all the SW patents.
> All? No, they only get patents for those things that they invent.
As I pointed out, the "extensive publication" requirement is a significant obstacle for everyone else, so they won't get SW patents. Thus, all of the SW patents go to big companies.
> The something obnoxious like the famed "one click" patent
"obnoxious"? That's your objection to one click?
What's wrong with novelty/prior art and non-obvious?
In every other field, recognizing that there is a problem and patenting a broad-swath of mechanisms to solve it is considered good. Why is software different?
And yes, I'm familiar with James Bessen's work. I introduced his EE380 talk at Stanford.
> All? No, they only get patents for those things that they invent.
As I pointed out, the "extensive publication" requirement is a significant obstacle for everyone else, so they won't get SW patents. Thus, all of the SW patents go to big companies.
> The something obnoxious like the famed "one click" patent
"obnoxious"? That's your objection to one click?
What's wrong with novelty/prior art and non-obvious?
In every other field, recognizing that there is a problem and patenting a broad-swath of mechanisms to solve it is considered good. Why is software different?
And yes, I'm familiar with James Bessen's work. I introduced his EE380 talk at Stanford.