"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:40318362.elHRptDFhA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> An Obvious Patent Law Fix?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | If the burden of proof for obviousness were lower, it would be easier
> | to invalidate the glut of so-called junk patents that software,
> | hardware and other technology companies view as threatening to the
> | way they do business.
> |
> | The big patent holders aren't parties to the actual case. It began
> | after KSR International of Canada began supplying General Motors
> | with adjustable gas pedals for its SUVs.
> `----
>
> http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/09/beltway-patent-courts-biz-washington-cz_ms_0110patent.html?partner=yahootix
> http://tinyurl.com/utrp5
>
> The idea of software patents is bound to collapse just like DRM. Greedy
> corporations try to impose, by changing the law, ridiculous laws which
> soon
> backfire.
>
It would seem to everyone that Microsoft and the others are eager to
simplify the system and rid it of the inane patents that have been often
referenced here.
"What it represents is part of a continued effort by Microsoft and others to
achieve patent reform through the courts," he says.
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