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As someone who has seen invention at the individual, small business, and large corporation level, this bill saddens me. Regardless of other complications with t
by Newkleer 15y ago
As someone who has seen invention at the individual, small business, and large corporation level, this bill saddens me. Regardless of other complications with the system, I was always proud that our country stuck up for those who invented first but filed later. I understand that patent applications have quickly been dominated by large companies, but this legislation will only serve to solidify that trend all in the name of simplicity.
- mikeknoop 15y agoMy understanding is the bill puts the decision of "who invented it first" to the courts instead of the patent office. You'd still have recourse to claim you invented it first.
- cHalgan 15y agoThis basically means we will have more trivial patents filled which can be used to extort small companies. Correct?
- dggrjx 15y agoCorroborated by the fact that the biggest backers of this were all the big companies that can afford to spend $ trying to patent _anything_, while the little inventor may have to wait for a loan to come through, etc. Additionally, clearly Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy is out of touch with the tech boom. "...we could unleash the genius of our country and put our entrepreneur class to work and create jobs. It can let us compete with the rest of the world." Oh, really, it's the entrepreneurs who are out of work right now? My, the HN crowd must be very desperate, then. /sarcasm