Patent Law

Patent reform: doing the same thing repeatedly?

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Quote at IAM: In spite of anecdotal evidence to the contrary, there is no hard empirical evidence that patent quality has substantially deteriorated in the last five or 10 years. Frequently cited indicators such as opposition or revocation rates have to be treated with great caution as they do not provide statistically sound data. With regard to the timeliness characteristic of quality, which is not covered by legislation, there has been deterioration. Alison Brimelow, President of the European Patent Office

A comment at patenthawk: Whether you believe it or not, a good portion of the claims I see (I would say more than Mr. Dudas quotes) aren't even in the ball park. Attorneys dont need a salty searcher with a vitriolic blog, they need Google. I've stopped bitching about searching because I can reject 90% of my cases with Google & Google scholar. Its almost laughable.

Note mention of IPBiz on BRIC

Full post as published by IPBiz on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).