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Except for, you know, the 50 page document described in the article and retrieved via FOIA.
by jemfinch 12y ago
Except for, you know, the 50 page document described in the article and retrieved via FOIA.
- jessriedel 12y agoThere have been plenty of misdeeds within the government that were hidden until revealed with a FOIA request. That's hardly a good reason to say their being hidden is OK. It takes resources, time, and especially knowledge of what to ask for to get something useful out of the FOIA request.
- jessaustin 12y agoYou're right, but filing a patent is not the same as getting license plates for your car. Any time you're dealing with government action/inaction and its consequences, and it's worth it to hire a lawyer, it's probably also worth it to fire up the FOIA machine. I just got a CD-R from a state agency that I need to start perusing in my spare time, and I'm not even a lawyer. If patent attorneys really didn't know about this procedure (and let me say that I don't actually believe that), then they were providing their clients with very poor service.