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Libertarian Patent Lawyer Defends Patent Law
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| I see here a libertarian patent lawyer who
| is taking it for granted that patents are
| legitimate property rights--presumably
| because he believes the law should grant a
| monopoly license to provide "the exclusivity
| needed to encourage investment in new
| technology." Patents are not legitimate
| property rights. They are mercantalist,
| monopolistic abominations. Libertarians,
| including libertarian patent attorneys,
| should oppose the patent system.
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000002382
Patent Lawyer Mostly Agrees With Me
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| For years I have been wondering what the
| EPO, JPO, and KIPO are doing right that the
| USPTO is not and why can't the USPTO look
| and see what the EPO, JPO, and KIPO are
| doing to figure it out and then adopt it. It
| reminds me of the time that Bush's first
| crony appointment to head the PTO came to
| our PIPLA meeting and told us "We've got the
| best patent office in the world." In
| reality, we wouldn't even get the bronze
| metal. Our typical American chauvinism
| prevents us from looking elsewhere for
| improvement.
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000002396
ArcelorMittal, IPCom, Bimbo: Intellectual Property (Update1)
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| An affiliate of ArcelorMittal, the worldâs
| largest steelmaker, sued some of its biggest
| rivals alleging infringement of a U.S.
| patent for hot- and cold-rolled metal
| sheeting used for car bodies.
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| ArcelorMittal France contends AK Steel Corp.
| of West Chester, Ohio; Severstal Dearborn
| Inc. of Dearborn, Michigan; and Wheeling-
| Nisshin Inc. of Follansbee, West Virginia,
| should pay damages and stop using the
| invention for aluminum-coated boron steel
| products and a thermal treatment process
| used to strengthen auto parts.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a.DZhXPhsSkc
Recent:
IP: The Objectivists Strike Back!
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| So it is no surprise that Objectivists would
| be distressed by this phenomenon. Not only are
| they among the most ardent modern advocates of
| intellectual property (in addition to Andrew
| J. Galambos [see Against Intellectual
| Property], and perhaps J. Neil Schulman), but
| Rand in a sense built her entire philosophical
| edifice on IP: to-wit, Rand incredibly said
| that "patents are the heart and core of
| property rights" and Objectivist law professor
| Adam Mossoff explicitly claims that "All
| Property is Intellectual Property" (see
| Objectivists: "All Property is Intellectual
| Property"). And so, realizing Rand's arguments
| for IP are deeply flawed, and that fewer and
| fewer people are buying it, they are starting
| to fight back.
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000002117
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