| |||||||||||||
poor SW patentspoor SW patentsPosted May 5, 2009 16:58 UTC (Tue) by corbet (editor, #1)In reply to: poor SW patents by pflugstad Parent article: Long discussions about long names Interestingly, one of the things that came up at the software patent conference I attended in March is that, as patent examiners gain more experience on the job, they tend to approve more patents. It's the new, green ones who ask the hardest questions. It's not a matter of inexperience; it's more one of being sucked into a system which sees its mission as the granting of patents.
(Log in to post comments)
Career paths Posted May 5, 2009 18:15 UTC (Tue) by dmarti (subscriber, #11625) [Link] I have met former patent examiners now working for applicants. How many examiners go on to jobs at firms seeking patents? Is approving a patent a way to apply for a job in the private sector, like approving a big contract for DoD is a way to apply for a job at a military contractor?
poor SW patents Posted May 5, 2009 23:15 UTC (Tue) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]
> It's not a matter of inexperience; it's more one of being sucked into a system which sees its mission as the granting of patents.
So, even if immoral and barely legal, it is still fine as long as the "system" and the "mission" want it. Translation: we are doomed.
poor SW patents Posted May 9, 2009 20:47 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link] It's not a matter of inexperience; it's more one of being sucked into a system which sees its mission as the granting of patents.So, even if immoral and barely legal, it is still fine as long as the "system" and the "mission" want it. Translation: we are doomed No one here as said anything about it being fine.
|
|||||||||||||