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To me, the scariest part was: U.S. solicitor general, which represents the federal government, filed a brief in support of i4i, saying that the U.S. Patent and
by haberman 15y ago
To me, the scariest part was:
U.S. solicitor general, which represents the federal government, filed a brief in support of i4i, saying that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office should not be second-guessed by a jury.
The Patent and Trademark Office absolutely should be second-guessed by a jury. Judges and juries are the only sanity-check the whole system has at this point!
- hamner 15y agoAgree completely, had just copied the quote and was about to paste it to say the same thing. When we consider all the BS patents that have been rubber-stamped by the PTO, this is a very scary proposal.
- steve-howard 15y agoYou had the quote on the clipboard but you checked for prior art before posting? A rarity on the internet indeed.