Suggestion: Monkey wrench

Posted Aug 10, 2005 12:48 UTC (Wed) by zotz (guest, #26117)
In reply to: Suggestion: Monkey wrench by Richard_J_Neill
Parent article: OSDL announces Patent Commons Project

With a slight change to the law, we could also forgoe the expense of getting patents for every idea:

Prior art search must also search this database and the database is evidence of prior art. I think I have posted this idea for years using the term "idea bank" but I could be mistaken, it has certainly been in my notes for years.

Having some "pool owned" patents (especially fundamental ones) might be a nice lever as well though.

all the best,

drew