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The summary of the bill for those interested in what it actually does. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/9/summary/17 https://www.congres

• dawnbreez 11y ago
  >Removes a provision that prohibits a patent from being deemed invalid based on novelty, prior art, or nonobvious subject matter solely because a defense is raised or established based on prior commercial use. This looks kinda troubling. I'm no lawyer, but it looks like this section makes it impossible to declare a patent dispute invalid due to innovation, i.e., you can be sued for infringement if you make a better mousetrap, even though you have demonstrably improved the design.
  • rando289 11y ago
    Nope. You are reading it completely wrong. It's saying patents can be declared invalid in more cases, nothing to do with "declaring a patent dispute invalid."
    • dawnbreez 11y ago
      My bad. Thanks for clearing that up.