alt Hacker NewsIt may always happen but it would happen less if we updated patent laws to fine people who filed invalid patents or enforced some kind of similar punishment. If you file a patent, it's up to you to verify that your patent is actually valid, and the courts shouldn't have to do that legwork for you. It also doesn't help that the patent office/components of governments don't review patents as thoroughly as they used to. Same with trademarks.
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shmerl • today at 6:30 AM
Even better, software patents should not be allowed in the first place.
lofaszvanitt • today at 6:54 AM
Why patents is a problem, please explain. If you build something that has been patented, then, well, you pay the per piece fee on it.
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I generally don't like the current patent law but it sounds a bit off to pay the government & wait for them to review your patent claim and then get fined by the government when both of you were wrong about it. There are already processes to additionally fine a company bringing about a truly frivolous patent lawsuit, it's just rare because usually it's not so cut and dry as we'd like it to be.