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Because the foxes are in charge of the hen house. The lobbyists, the congressmen, the patent trolls, the patent office - none of them would benefit from weaken
by mr_toad 3y ago
Because the foxes are in charge of the hen house. The lobbyists, the congressmen, the patent trolls, the patent office - none of them would benefit from weakening patents.
- semiquaver 3y agoI tend to agree, but the introduction of the Inter Partes Review process at issue in this rule is itself an important counter example. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leahy–Smith_America_Invents_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leahy–Smith_America_Invents_... It was introduced not that long ago as part of bipartisan legislation that meaningfully reformed the existing patent system, including by introducing systems like IPR which clearly weaken the rights of patent holders (who have been fighting ever since to overturn it). If the system were utterly irredeemable, reforms like this should never survive.