On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Randy Presuhn wrote:
Hi -
From: "Scott W Brim" <sbrim(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com>
To: <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:54 AM
Subject: Re: Shuffle those deck chairs!
...
The US patent office is overwhelmed, and acting like it's under a DoS
attack. I agree it would be great if we all offered technical
assistance, but not as the IETF. If needed we could create some other
organization. Let the IETF have a clear focus.
...
I've heard claims that the patent office will be switching to a European-style
"first-to-file" process, rather than the current "first-to-invent". Would
this
make matters better or worse?
It makes things much worse: No more will you be able to challenge a patent
based on the premise of prior art.
I'm not sure what the legislative schedule is for the change, but
grandfather/transititional legislation has already been passed: An
exception has been put into place so that you really did invent the
technology, you can't be prevented from using it.
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