RE: FN-FORUM: More crazy US patents

date posted 1st April 2004 12:48

d) Patents in the USA generate extra work for Lawyers and are
hence granted for "anything" and is up to anyone subjected to
it's enforcement to show prior art etc......
Would like to know how many get overturned each year ?


On 1 Apr 2004 11:39:28 -0000, Mark Pawelek wrote:
>
>I can't decide whether this is due to (a) ignorance/incompetence=
of
>the
>patent examiner; (b) time constraints, i.e. the examiner not=
having
>the time
>to understand the patent and its scope or (c) is the US=
deliberately
>passing
>any patent that gives US industry a competitive advantage over=
the
>other
>countries industry (to support this idea, consider that the CIA
>spend a good
>deal of time involved in industrial espionage for the benefit of=
US
>industry).
>
>What do people think?
>
>Before you come to a quick conclusion ponder this - this silly
>patents all
>seem to originate from the US.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf=
Of
>ken mcewan
>Sent: 01 April 2004 09:05
>To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: FN-FORUM: More crazy US patents
>
>
>Well this is the best yet:-
>
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/36707.html
>
>they have managed to patent subdomains !!
>
>Got to love the US system..
>
>Ken
>
>