3 ms·
Regarding #3 I think they want the patent holder to prove he is actually using the invention for a (commercial) benefit. If you invent a copy protection scheme
by throwaway125 14y ago
Regarding #3 I think they want the patent holder to prove he is actually using the invention for a (commercial) benefit. If you invent a copy protection scheme they want to see you actively sell it to third parties or actively use it in your own product.
I think that makes sense to be honest, people shouldn't be able to sleep on an invention until they find a suitable company to sue for high profit margins.
Edit: This is in reply to points about software patents only.
- Retric 14y agoThe classic drug pipeline includes pure research companies that would be NPE's.
- against-patents 14y agoIsn't it rather possible that the right answer for software is not like the right answer for drugs, and that it takes an expert in a particular field to propose a sensible reform (assuming one is needed in that field)? A lot of the questions about what patents tend to do seem to have different answers in different fields: http://inventors-against-patents.org/faq.html#is_abolition_obvious http://inventors-against-patents.org/faq.html#is_abolition_o...
- krichman 14y agoUS healthcare has an abysmal cost-to-benefit ratio in comparison with most of Europe.