USPTO is broken
In another example of capitalism-gone-wrong, the US Patent Office just issued an extremely vague patent for “A mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing” (Read: smartphone).
The company filing this patent is a group of patent-trolls who prey on the success of others by filing patents for products they didn’t invent, then suing everyone with a bank account once it proves to be commercially successful.
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Patents are a crucial legal tool to protect innovators & inventors. When abused in this way, everybody loses. [Read more at Engadget]
Filed under technology : Comments (0) : Jan 26th, 2008 by tadfad
