Handcuffed Obama administration pokes patent trolls, pleads for Senate legislation The Obama administration has renewed its call for legislation to combat patent trolls, and has issued three new executive actions that – although limited in scope – underline its intent to do whatever it can without Congressional help, as Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker put it, "to encourage innovation, not litigation." …
Given this administration's track record, I don't see much coming down the pike. But, hey, it IS a start.
We can only hope.
p.s. I don't hold this administration in much regard, given what they have done in the past 5 years.
Even better would be to move the lawsuits out of the East Texas courtroom which is WAY to friendly to trolls.
"1. Crowdsourcing Prior Art: The US Patent and Trademark Office is launching a new program to gather information from "companies, experts, and the general public" to help patent examiners track down prior art."
should read:
"1. Crowdsourcing Prior Art: The US Patent and Trademark Office is launching a new program to gather information from "companies, experts, and the general public" to help patent examiners DO THEIR JOBS."
They forgot to mention that the Patent Office needs to stop issuing patents for stuff that God "invented".
You are not Supposed to be able to patent things like Mathmatics, but Apple is willing to Try and some of the people at the Patent Office seem to think that: "What Apple Wants, Apple Gets" is part of patent law.
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