Patent Law

Promoting progress - what are we doing?

By Douglas J. Sorocco, J. Matthew Buchanan, Laura C. Woods and Emily E. Campbell.

Matt raises some interesting questions on all the patent reform/rules nonsense going on these days out East.  Worth a read and some thought about what “we” are bringing about in our patent system here in the U.S.

Our patent system has two primary purposes -

1. To encourage disclosure of inventions, and

2. To encourage development of new ideas by fostering design around efforts

Seems to me our great, world-leading patent system is now failing to achieve these purposes in at least two regards...with a third complication on the horizon…

Promote the Progress® ::: J. Matthew Buchanan's Patent Blog.

Full post as published by Phosita on October 28, 2007 (boomark / email).