> Doing some researching for a patent here in Norway a few
> years back I found that it was near impossible (here) to get a > patent
unless what you made was revolutionary new.
> Anything that would be considered the next step was not >enough for a
patent.
Our system in the U.S. is so screwed up, it's basically worthless. It's
only good for the "patent troll" attorneys that spend their days just
looking for people to sue.
As far as doing anything for anyone (other than lawyers) they're useless.
It's turning into "nuclear arms" race type of warfare, and the whole system
just needs to be done away with.
Software patents are a bad idea, and they need to be abolished. I like your
system in Norway, it seems to make more sense (and eliminating 80% of the
silly nonsense patent crap in the U.S. would really help innovation and
development.
Our patent system is complete garbage, and it's just a form of "corporate
warfare" that is used by large companies to strong arm one another, and to
stifle off any competition (or kill off any small startups or young
companies that don't have the "deep pockets" to afford large legal battles).
I'd abolish at least 70-80% of the system, and toss the DMCA crap out as
well. Our whole patent/copyright system needs some serious work. There
needs to be some "fair use" clauses (for educational, research, and
development purposes) and also patents should only be good for a maximum of
5 years, that's it.
After 5 years, it's public domain. That would help bring an end to all this
silly stupidity (and expensive litigation costs, and silly legal battles).
If you can't bring your product to market (and a 5 year head start is not
enough time for you) then you don't deserve to have a patent anyways.
Too many clowns file patents just for the purpose of suing others.
Completely useless, and just use it as a means to litigate and kill off
competition. The large corporations do it just to bully other companies
around (with legal threats) and they all just build up "arsenals" of patents
that they can use against one another.
It's a silly game, and it needs to be abolished.
*> It *should* have a block against patenting things that *
*> are a natural evolution of existing technology.*
Agreed. Now just try explaining that to the patent examiner's office.
Mark
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Tedd Hansen <t...@nimbustech.no> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
>
> Actually the patent system should work fine and encourage innovation. It *
> *should** have a block against patenting things that are a natural
> evolution of existing technology.
>
>
>
> Sadly, as with all things, the US justice system seems to allow any party
> to sue any part for anything and I think that has rubbed off on patenting
> (imho). Now companies are patenting everything just to avoid getting sued.
> We see examples of this in IBM, Microsoft, etc where they patent it just to
> release it to everyone. (Anyone remember the MS-patent for “Dynamic loading
> and binding of modules” I found researching for script engine? ;) )
>
>
>
> Doing some researching for a patent here in Norway a few years back I found
> that it was near impossible (here) to get a patent unless what you made was
> revolutionary new. Anything that would be considered the next step was not
> enough for a patent.
>
>
>
> Br,
>
> Tedd
>
>
>
> *From:* opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de [mailto:
> opensim-dev-boun...@lists.berlios.de] *On Behalf Of *Mark Malewski
> *Sent:* 12. februar 2010 06:01
>
> *To:* opensim-dev@lists.berlios.de
> *Subject:* Re: [Opensim-dev] How Was OpenSim "Born"?
>
>
>
> *> I honestly believe that the patent system, by its very nature, *
>
> *> is the worst thing ever when it comes to stifling innovation*
>
> *> and technological advancement.*
>
>
>
> Agreed.
>
>
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>
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