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Either get rid of the patent system altogether. All innovations eventually do good to the mankind. Or we need to form a patent review committee primarily compos
by CodeSheikh 11y ago
Either get rid of the patent system altogether. All innovations eventually do good to the mankind. Or we need to form a patent review committee primarily composed of people with great track records. Pick professors, company leaders (like Elon Musk, political leaders, graduate students and average consumers. This committee should be tasked to review all of the patents and purge the ones that are too generic in nature. Reduce the patent age from 100 years to a decade. Change this committee every year and their doings should be VERY transparent. A public facing website where they publish their reviews.
- joshuapants 11y ago> Reduce the patent age from 100 years to a decade. I think you have patents and copyright mixed up there. Might be a good idea to learn more about this topic before developing an opinion.
- ahomescu1 11y ago> Reduce the patent age from 100 years to a decade. The duration of a patent in the US is 17 years, AFAIK.
- logfromblammo 11y agoThat duration was measured by a legal clock rather than a natural clock. Because of that, since 1995, it has been 20 years from filing; prior to that it was 20 years from filing OR 17 years from issue. That enabled "submarine patents", wherein the applicant could intentionally delay consideration of the application to extent the period of market exclusivity. Design patents have a shorter term, but no one cares how long they last because they are largely worthless, and more like trademarks than actual patents.