On 2010-11-20 8:03 PM, Adam Back wrote:
In an attempt to reduce this patent revolt among the technical people, they shipped in a patent attorney expert guy to give us a talk on patents. Apparently the test for "novelty" is so poor as to make you cry. > So while I don't think the legal people are morons, ...
Patent lawyers are quite smart and knowledgeable. But there is no such thing as a patent judge or a patent jury and never has been. They are just regular judges judging matters in which they have no relevant expertise, and it shows. BPAI judges are supposed to have relevant expertise, but they don't, and even if they did, when you are accused of infringing a patent, you don't go before a BPAI judge.
The patent system never worked well, and now works a great deal worse. The failure of the patent system needs to be seen in the context of the mortgage crisis, the foreclosure fraud crisis, the retreat from manned space exploration, and the inability to repair or replace the buildings damaged or destroyed in the 9/11 attacks. Although these issues are off topic on a cryptography list, we see common causes having common effects, though this is not the place to discuss those causes and effects.
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