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Party with the Patent Judges

12 points by chrismealy 16y ago

joe_the_user 16y ago
From the comments: "It is discouraging for many large companies who have invested large sums of money in buying legislators to pass the laws they need to generate large profits to have these laws upended by some random judge. It is easy enough to buy the executive and legislative branches of government but the judicial branch is more difficult. This looks like a creative way of bridging this gap and preserving profits." Score one for those who viewing the state as a rent-seeking entity focused on dividing the spoils...
gorbachev 16y ago
Assuming the attendee list is public, it should be pretty easy to get the judges attending the "conference" recused from IP related cases from now on.
LawProf 16y ago
The list of speaking judges is public - including the chief judge of the patent circuit
losethos 16y ago
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namank 16y ago
I've always been on the fenice bout patents. At a very ignorant level, they are instruments of unfair revenue. But give it some thought and they make so much practical sense. They spur private innovation. Without patent protection, what incentive do pharmaceuticals have to spend millions of $ on vaccines? As noble a cause as greater good is, greater good doesn't put food on the table. Secondly, patents promote the spread of knowledge - you have to reveal your secret in order to protect it.
namank 16y ago
I've always been on the fenice bout patents. At a very ignorant level, they are instruments of unfair revenue. But give it some thought and they make so much practical sense. They spur private innovation. Without patent protection, what incentive do pharmaceuticals have to spend millions of $ on vaccines? As noble a cause as greater good is, greater good doesn't put food on the table. Secondly, patents promote the spread of knowledge - you have to reveal your secret in order to protect it.

12 points by chrismealy 16y ago

From the comments: "It is discouraging for many large companies who have invested large sums of money in buying legislators to pass the laws they need to generate large profits to have these laws upended by some random judge. It is easy enough to buy the executive and legislative branches of government but the judicial branch is more difficult. This looks like a creative way of bridging this gap and preserving profits." Score one for those who viewing the state as a rent-seeking entity focused on dividing the spoils...

gorbachev 16y ago

Assuming the attendee list is public, it should be pretty easy to get the judges attending the "conference" recused from IP related cases from now on.

LawProf 16y ago

The list of speaking judges is public - including the chief judge of the patent circuit

losethos 16y ago

I can hook you up with God :-) God says... secretly alternately opening warped tears Sovereign Neptune manifest vexed certainly lot presently justifieth FITNESS mercy assembly whirlpools army recurring breakers SAINT Enter triumphed consecrateth workmanship breadth mutable five loosed vowing mourned bud wildness initiatory Whereto Plain heal get quit discord stormy conjoined Ohh, nasty. I once pondered siamese twins and spliting them in cases where one must die. Wouldn't it suck to have to pick. In my crazy state, I pondered Solomon splitting a baby. I though judging might be the most hellish job on Earth. I'm wiser and realize we adapt to our lives in such a way that that sort of thing would become easier... just wouldn't care as much... When I was young, I thought soldiers should be trained to really stress over killing. Then, I thought why puposely stress them with hellish consciences if the outcome were identical. I used to be really crazy and foolish. I probably still am.

namank 16y ago

I've always been on the fenice bout patents. At a very ignorant level, they are instruments of unfair revenue. But give it some thought and they make so much practical sense. They spur private innovation. Without patent protection, what incentive do pharmaceuticals have to spend millions of $ on vaccines? As noble a cause as greater good is, greater good doesn't put food on the table. Secondly, patents promote the spread of knowledge - you have to reveal your secret in order to protect it.

namank 16y ago