Patent Reform Article Riles Independent Inventors
Tuesday's CongressDaily PM Edition included an article about how stakeholders involved in the debate over legislation that would overhaul the U.S. patent system are already strategizing for the 111th Congress. The bill they were bickering over this year fizzled in the Senate and a companion measure passed the House amid objections from by the pharmaceutical industry, small high-tech firms and those whose business models depend on patent licensing.
The story did not include the perspectives of a very vocal (and feisty) contingent -- independent inventors -- and although I wrote about their concerns multiple times over the past year or so, I received a 1,500 word e-mail about it on Wednesday. So, I figured the least I could do was give them some space on Tech Daily Dose. I'm sure their views will spur even more dialogue over this hot topic.
In the e-mail, inventor Stephen Wren argues that "all this talk of a need for patent 'deform' is but a red herring fabricated by a handful of large tech firms as a diversion away from the real issue... that they have no valid defense against charges they are using other parties' technologies without permission." "It’s not about reforming the system. It’s about legalizing theft," he alleges.
He also argues that corporate America's aim is "not to fix the patent system, but to destroy it or pervert it so only they may obtain and defend patents; to make it a sport of kings." Wren goes on to say that some legislators and other parties "have been duped by these slick firms and their well greased lawyers, lobbyists (some disguised as trade or public interest groups), and stealth PR firms."
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