Skip to content

Comment on New Limits on Patents

Comments

"ordinary innovation", "a common sense standard", "dramatically broadened the standard of obviousness"

Surreal. I looked for related articles, and I found:

Court cases threaten weaker patents and could hinder technological innovation, http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070501/BUSINESS01/705010325/1066/BUSINESS01

Supreme Court ruling could squeeze Big Pharma, http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/01/news/companies/patent/?postversion=2007050209

Supreme Court Patent Ruling Won’t Affect Us, [patent holder] DataTreasury Says, http://www.digitaltransactions.net/newsstory.cfm?newsid=1343

I'd say that anything that is that vague and imprecise is a net loss for us. It empowers lawyers to find creative interpretations, and thus, it helps big cos.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.