Comments on: Senate patent reform bill http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/08/04/senate-patent-reform-bill/ Academic commentary about patent law, i.p. law, creativity, and more Fri, 21 May 2010 18:16:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Fire of Genius » A “loser pays” attorney fee rule http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/08/04/senate-patent-reform-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-12539 The Fire of Genius » A “loser pays” attorney fee rule Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:46:04 +0000 http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/08/04/senate-patent-reform-bill/#comment-12539 [...] I first blogged about the Senate version of the patent reform bill back in August, just after it was introduced. [...] [...] I first blogged about the Senate version of the patent reform bill back in August, just after it was introduced. [...]

]]> By: Joe http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/08/04/senate-patent-reform-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-2384 Joe Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:14:12 +0000 http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/08/04/senate-patent-reform-bill/#comment-2384 Nato, This is an important question. A good answer is complex, and I'm in the middle of writing it. Please check back to see it tackled in a new post. Thanks, Joe Nato,

This is an important question. A good answer is complex, and I’m in the middle of writing it. Please check back to see it tackled in a new post.

Thanks,

Joe

]]> By: Nato Welch http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/08/04/senate-patent-reform-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-2340 Nato Welch Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:41:56 +0000 http://www.thefireofgenius.com/2006/08/04/senate-patent-reform-bill/#comment-2340 What does "first to file" do to the convention of the prior art defense? There's been some dispute here and [[there http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/06/0236201 ]] regarding the effect of this bill on free and open source software. If the prior art defense disappears just because FOS programmers don't or can't afford to be "first to file" for patents instead of being first to invent (and publish), we've got a big problem. What does “first to file” do to the convention of the prior art defense? There’s been some dispute here and [[there http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/06/0236201 ]] regarding the effect of this bill on free and open source software.

If the prior art defense disappears just because FOS programmers don’t or can’t afford to be “first to file” for patents instead of being first to invent (and publish), we’ve got a big problem.

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