USPTO’s Patent Panic: How Proposed Rules Could Fuel Patent Trolls & Stifle Innovation!
Tell USPTO: The public has a right to challenge bad patents! Proposed rules could let patent trolls thrive, leaving small companies defenseless. We need your voice to keep the inter partes review process open. Speak up before December 2 and help stop these potential changes from turning innovation into a patent troll paradise.
Hot Take:
Brace yourselves, folks! The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is cooking up rules that could turn patent trolls into the kings of the IP jungle. It’s like giving a dog a bone… and then letting it gnaw on your leg. If these rules go through, challenging dodgy patents will be tougher than finding a unicorn in a haystack. Time to channel your inner keyboard warrior and comment by December 2nd. Because if we snooze, we lose!
Key Points:
- USPTO’s proposed rules could block the public from challenging bad patents.
- Patent trolls rejoice: fewer challenges mean more money for them.
- Inter partes review (IPR) offers a lifeline against dubious patents.
- New rules could make patents “unchallengeable” after one prior fight.
- Only Congress has the power to rewrite the IPR system.