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There ought to be a super PAC / legal collective in US whose primary goal is to basically hack the system by using it against itself for the net effect of mostl

There ought to be a super PAC / legal collective in US whose primary goal is to basically hack the system by using it against itself for the net effect of mostly eliminate the patent system with the chief aims of: 0. making it harder to get a patent (not adding arbitrary bureaucracy, but ensuring examiners maintain high and fair standards) 1. making it harder/shorten the time to keep a patent EFF, ACLU, etc. might nibble around the edges on this issue, but there's no one going after the politicians with lobbyists, a bucket of money and a deep bench of patent attorneys funded by something like a Kickstarter/IndieGoGo and/or subscription model to the tune of a Bernie Sanders-equivalent funding level.

rayiner 7y ago
There is an enormous, well funded, Silicon Valley lobbying effort directed at weakening the patent system. The last Patent Office director was head of Patent Strategy for Google for almost a decade. However, almost all the other industries, from automotive to pharmaceuticals to aerospace, and even some of the more traditional players in Silicon Valley, are on the other side of the issue.
- uep 7y ago
  No matter how detrimental software patents are to the big players, they are far more detrimental to the small players. If it can keep the smaller players from being real competitors, it's in the best interest of the big companies to just pay the patent tax. They stand to lose far more with a lower barrier to entry to their markets. Software is kind of unique (and even moreso now with the prevalence of cloud providers) with its otherwise low barrier to entry; as capital expenses are extremely low compared to other industries.