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Re:Here come the design patents: new law boosts rights in sh... by btilly on Friday December 28, 2012 @11:33AM (#4978244)
The scariest line is the one that says that if the patent office fails to respond in a fixed time, the patent is automatically granted.

The golden question is how deferential US courts will be to a valid US patent with international precedent. Hopefully not at all because these patents are going to be complete crap.

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Re:Here come the design patents: new law boosts rights in sh... by miahi on Friday December 28, 2012 @02:29PM (#4979094)
The easiest way to do this is with a DDoS on the patent office. If everyone issues a bogus patent request every day, every patent will be granted :).
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