Re:Do patents kill innovation? The US patent office is asking
by jahnu on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:42PM
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First to file has some advantages that are hard to ignore.
It incentivises early submission which means we all learn from it earlier.
It disincentivises submarine patents where one party deliberately hides an obvious invention until another market player has established a business and then proves they invented it first.
It incentivises early submission which means we all learn from it earlier.
It disincentivises submarine patents where one party deliberately hides an obvious invention until another market player has established a business and then proves they invented it first.