United States Transitions To A 'First-Inventor-To-File' Patent System

Re:United States Transitions To A 'First-Inventor-To-File' P... by scotty79 on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @08:15AM (#5367922)

Lawyers benefit. It'll be cheaper to extort. You don't have to be afraid that someone else comes and proves that he invented this first. Owning a patent becomes almost risk free goldmine.

Also more this will lead to more patents because you have to patent to avoid someone else patenting your stuff bit later and extorting money from you.

Also more patents means more cannon fodder for lawyers for use in future extortions.

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Re:United States Transitions To A 'First-Inventor-To-File' P... by icebraining on Thursday March 14, 2013 @05:11AM (#5373909)

Actually, lawyers lose the money they got paid to prove/disprove that someone else invented it first.

And no, you don't "have to patent to to avoid someone else patenting your stuff bit later". You can just publish it, which then counts as prior art.

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