I disagree. First to invent favors entrepreneurs. First to file (AIA) favors trolls. AIA is being pushed on us because of the fear of previous art that the EFF has used to bust patents.
RL On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe the fear is mostly groundless. The AIA is an effort to harmonize > US patent law with the rest of the world. So far, US software patents have > been the most dangerous among software patents among the world... So, no > fear. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Tom Metro <[email protected]> > To: L-blu <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:44 PM > Subject: [Discuss] The America Invents Act > > Rich Braun wrote: >> The America Invents Act of 16-Sep-2011 is about to make things a >> whole lot worse for future open-source dev, I fear. > > I haven't read the details of the act. Can you elaborate on that? > > -Tom > > -- > Tom Metro > Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA > "Enterprise solutions through open source." > Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
