Re:AskPatents.com: A Stack Exchange To Prevent Bad Patents
by spolsky on Thursday September 20, 2012 @11:02AM
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I love that idea!
Until that happens, we actually expect that companies in patent-happy industries will monitor filings by their competitors and spend some of their own money and resources blocking competitors from building bad patent portfolios (there was enough of this on Peer To Patent, a very small-scale experiment, to give me confidence that it will happen)
Re:AskPatents.com: A Stack Exchange To Prevent Bad Patents
by 6ren on Thursday September 20, 2012 @02:38PM
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That makes sense. Consumer protection law (Trade Practices Act) in Australia was designed for consumers to use - but it turned out it was always competitors who used them.
Until that happens, we actually expect that companies in patent-happy industries will monitor filings by their competitors and spend some of their own money and resources blocking competitors from building bad patent portfolios (there was enough of this on Peer To Patent, a very small-scale experiment, to give me confidence that it will happen)