Supreme Court To Decide Obviousness Level Of Patents
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on November 27, 2006 at 2:26:23 PM
We shall see if the Supreme Court will actually make the obvious level of patents higher. There are tons of patents that are so obvious when they were filed, it is terrible. The patent system needs to be reworked...
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Some hardware and software makers have argued they're especially threatened by the standard because their products frequently include thousands of pre-existing components that they would like to be able to rearrange at will. Some say the lax rules have fueled the rise of patent speculators--disparagingly known as "patent trolls"--who make a living off predicting those incremental changes to existing high-tech inventions, landing patents and then going after companies for infringement.