Patent Law

Jack It

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

Patently-O's Professor Dennis Crouch reports, as a straight man for unintentional comedy, that Senior IP Counsel at SAS US, Tim Wilson, having constructed a hypothetical demand curve "using the powerful computing resources of SAS," figures that if patents cost as much as $50,000, there would be a "dramatic decrease" in patent filings.

SAS is a member of the Coalition of Patent Fairness, a corporate corral for further engendering patents as the sport of kings.

In the interest of full disclosure, Patent Hawk clients often include Coalition members. Regular readers of the Patent Prospector know that Patent Hawk, with regard to patent political perspective, is not shy about biting the hand that feeds.

Patent Hawk views patents as a commoditization of invention, best exercised equitably and democratically, not as a further means for concentrating economic power.

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).