Re:Gov’t Contractor Copies Open Source 3D Printing Concept a...
by sitkack on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:28PM
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I don't think challenging patents is the whole answer, all the things I outlined operate within the current patent system. The rules are broken. They only way that Open Source has to currently prevent this taking from the commons is
1) Aggressively innovate and publish, including using the same front running techniques as used by industry and academia.
2) Aggressively challenge all patents in a classification. Rapid prototyping and manufacturing, robotics, farming and transportation are all huge land grabs that are going on right now.
3) Get the Bayh–Dole Act repealed or neutered. A penny of public funds (including the facilities, any of the staff, etc) and it should be a public good, available to all.
4) Make the patent office no longer a profit center
1) Aggressively innovate and publish, including using the same front running techniques as used by industry and academia.
2) Aggressively challenge all patents in a classification. Rapid prototyping and manufacturing, robotics, farming and transportation are all huge land grabs that are going on right now.
3) Get the Bayh–Dole Act repealed or neutered. A penny of public funds (including the facilities, any of the staff, etc) and it should be a public good, available to all.
4) Make the patent office no longer a profit center