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It strikes me that one root cause of the patent troll problem, besides unscrupulous trolls and their evil lawyers, is idiot patent examiners who would allow pat
by arbuge 14y ago
It strikes me that one root cause of the patent troll problem, besides unscrupulous trolls and their evil lawyers, is idiot patent examiners who would allow patenting the process of drinking a cup of coffee of morning if there was no prior art on file on the subject.
It all comes down to incentives. Good patent lawyers know they can make big bucks working in private practice (possibly for trolls), whilst mediocre ones happy with a government salary go ... where else? ... the USPTO.
- wpietri 14y agoDo you have any facts to back this up? The one patent examiner I know is very smart. But he's also part of a rigid system with very clear criteria. If there's a problem, I suspect it's a systemic problem.