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I was somewhat taken aback to realize that for all the talk at EFF about their patent busting project (http://w2.eff.org/patent/wp.php http://w2.eff.org/patent/
by Vivtek 16y ago
I was somewhat taken aback to realize that for all the talk at EFF about their patent busting project (http://w2.eff.org/patent/wp.php http://w2.eff.org/patent/wp.php), there doesn't seem to be any public database of bustable patents, suggested prior art, or documented harm done.
Chilling Effects has a patent section (http://www.chillingeffects.org/patent/ http://www.chillingeffects.org/patent/) - but it also doesn't seem to have much of a database-type thing. And the same goes for PUBPAT (http://www.pubpat.org/ http://www.pubpat.org/).
Is there anything else out there I'm missing?
- bld 16y agoThe US patent office has the Peer to Patent project for public comment on pending patent applications: http://www.peertopatent.org/ http://www.peertopatent.org/ Looks like it's voluntary and applies to a limited number of patent applications, but it is a step in the right direction by the US patent office.