PAEs

Notes to self.

1. Patent Trolls

If patent trolls are supposedly detrimental to innovation why then is the US, the only jurisdiction where patent trolls are seriously active, the most innovative business environment in the world?

People who argue that patent trolls are bad for innovation tend to focus on individual cases, or anecdotal evidence. Shame on them for missing the bleeding obvious.

2. In the UK by far the most likely outcomes of any court proceeding related to a patent dispute is revocation of the patent. How messed up is that? Why have a patent office at all?

I would like to point out to them that (a) the purpose of a patent system is to encourage innovation, and (b) investment in innovation requires certainty of patent rights, which (c) they are undermining in their own courts.

They should stop worrying about Patent Trolls and start a dialogue between their patent office and their judges.