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It's time for Congress to do their bit and suspend assumed patent validity for this broad class of patents. Its clear the review process was yielding vast quant
by gbhn 12y ago
It's time for Congress to do their bit and suspend assumed patent validity for this broad class of patents. Its clear the review process was yielding vast quantities of invalid patents. Making the courts invalidate them one-by-one is crazy. Classifying them all as assumed-invalid would send a very clear message to the patent office that it seriously fouled up and needs to straighten up in evaluations, and also let patent trolls know that their payday is over. Proving validity puts the technical burden on the patent troll, which in almost all cases would be nearly insurmountable, since virtually all these patents would likely be recognized by juries as obvious and invalid.
- cordite 12y agoYou'll have IBM and many others throwing a fit when their licensing deals are invalidated indiscriminately.
- cscurmudgeon 12y agoYes! Throwing out the baby with the bathwater is always the sane and rational thing to do. Always.