This is why you don't see me lobbying against software patents in absolute terms. But for better or worse, software patents are way ...
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Replying to @wycats @ArielR_IP and
too likely (almost universally likely) to fail the real patentability tests. Patent examiners get software patents wrong. Reasons unknown.
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Invalid patents *are* granted but (IMO) less and less. 1 reason: better search tech. New procedures also make patents easier to invalidate.
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Replying to @ArielR_IP @oculus and
I see new software patents all the time that are patently (no pun intended) ridiculous. Not from the media, just normal browsing.
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1. How closely did you read the *claims*? 2. Did you account for 'priority date'? It may be 10+ years ago. 2017 "Obvious" != 2007 obvious
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Replying to @ArielR_IP @oculus and
I always read the claims closely. I know how to read patents.
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Replying to @wycats @ArielR_IP and
If I came up with an idea as a junior dev working on jQuery in 2006, it seems inappropriate for someone to patent equiv claims in 2007-8
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Agree. Patents are *presumed* valid but only finite resources available for examination and always possible something is missed...
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Replying to @ArielR_IP @wycats and
... But unless you are being threatened with this patent, how does its existence affect you?
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Replying to @ArielR_IP @oculus and
The existence of such a huge amount of bogus patents affects the environment I do my work in.
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It's like asking whether people in Beijing with air filters are affected by pollution.
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