Re:PatentHackers – A new platform to help companies kill pat...
by jimiwen on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @05:55AM
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Although courts/ITC might not grant a stay depending on IPR, CBM etc., there have been some cases if the litigation hasnt gone too far, a stay could/have been granted in some of cases. Would this tip the scales towards the defendant slightly, given that the specific patents would be known?
Some patents trolls will buy up selected patents that have been filed by others.
So the opposition applications will likely not be done because you'd have to oppose a whole ton of patents more or less on principle without knowing whether or not those patents would ever be used to litigate.
The patent office should get better at doing its job and should not simply approve the vast majority of what goes past their desks without doing actual work, and should make the filer pay a stiff fine if they miss disclosing prior art should the patent be refused or overturned.
Not that that is ever going to happen, but the current system favours the applicant way too much.