Comments on: The patent system is destroying innovation

By: EPO Decides to Listen to Anti-Patents Stance, USPTO Censors It | Techrights

EPO Decides to Listen to Anti-Patents Stance, USPTO Censors It | Techrights — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:15:07 +0000

[...] previously complained about the EPO censoring/deleting comments it did not agree with. Now that the patent system is destroying innovation and people realise this all over the world, the patent offices have reasons to be scared about the [...]

By: Gary Newell

Gary Newell — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:19:35 +0000

US Company tries to enforce a patent against a non-US company in the US and the US Company wins. Protectionism at it’s worst.

By: shawnhcorey

shawnhcorey — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:19:53 +0000

And the scavengers are picking through the bones…

By: C. Conrad Cady

C. Conrad Cady — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 15:49:12 +0000

You write: “Maybe we have reached the point where it would be worth re-examining the length that patents should be valid.”

Lovely understatement. I believe the point was reached, a colony was built, fortunes were made, and civilization collapsed already.

By: shawnhcorey

shawnhcorey — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:23:18 +0000

A related article on why patents should be abolished: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/173608/index.html

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:06:18 +0000

The problem with patents in the US is that the issuer and enforcer of patents is not a neutral or honest broker in the process. The public sector now stands for little more than the ongoing enrichment and self promotion of the public sector. Patents are a perfect tool in this regard especially when used against foreign companies. Innovators must apply to public servants to protect their idea – with a fee. Any idea no matter how trivial is accepted – with a fee. The public sector then provides adjudication and enforcement mechanisms – with a fee – so that others pay to fix issues caused by poor public policy. The value producers forced into dependency on government – with a fee.

But it doesn’t end there. The public sector is also rewarded by the increase in GDP that all these costs represent – money for nothing, few inputs, lots of outputs – it looks great on reports and allows greater debt based spending on public servants. Win:Win.

By: Curt

Curt — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 00:42:30 +0000

The issuing of patents is what is broken.
eg.1 Since man first sat on a flat rock, with sharp corners, man has “rounded rectangular shapes” . How could a patent be granted for such idiocy?

eg.2 Ohms law states P=IE ( power is directly proportional to current and voltage).
A law of physics, yet a patent was granted for the technique of “lowering the battery voltage to extend battery life”.

The list is endless…

Find some semi educated personnel to staff the patent office!
Review and toss the ridiculous patents.