Business ripping off inventors
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 @ 20:37:49 UTC
Topic: Legal
Vencislav Bujic writes (free_energy yahoo group): This is a way of allowing big business ripping off the original inventor by stealing his idea and patenting it first. Since businesses have huge amounts of money, they can get a patent faster than an individual inventor. It's just another case of big business figuring out a way to literally steal from the little guy:
"Panel Urges Changes in U.S. Patent Process
Mon Apr 19, 3:05 PM
WASHINGTON - The United States should grant patents to the first person to file to protect an invention, not necessarily the first to invent it, a research panel said Monday.
The National Research Council (news - web sites) also urged that some research use of patented inventions be permitted without fear of patent infringement lawsuits.
The council said the government should move to improve the flexibility and openness of the Patent and Trademark Office..."
Read the whole article here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com
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