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• thfuran 4y ago
  Take for instance the problem of patent trolls, which could be much more comprehensively solved by regulatory/legal reform than by one guy with a well-funded legal team.
  • btilly 4y ago
    The last time Congress took on comprehensive regulatory/legal reform of patents, the result was https://cafc.uscourts.gov/home/the-court/about-the-court/court-jurisdiction/ https://cafc.uscourts.gov/home/the-court/about-the-court/cou.... Most of the problems with software patents trace back, in one way or another, to that court. What makes you think the current broken legislative system has a chance at a reform that makes things better in a way that you'd like?
    • thfuran 4y ago
      >What makes you think the current broken legislative system has a chance at a reform that makes things better in a way that you'd like That's a false premise.
      • btilly 4y ago
        Obviously I don't think that premise false, else I wouldn't have said it. You say you want regulatory/legal reform. Do you not think this starts with legislation? Do you not think that this requires action by the current legislative system? Do you think that the current legislative system is not broken? Very importantly, patents are federal law. That means federal legislation. That means Congress. An institution that about 93% of Americans have fairly low confidence in. (See https://news.gallup.com/poll/394283/confidence-institutions-down-average-new-low.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/394283/confidence-institutions-... for a source.)