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recent bookmarks from jmCrowdfunding Backer Patented My Project2018-11-30T12:09:02+00:00
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jmI had thought thought all along that if we published everything openly, it wouldn’t be possible for someone else to patent stuff that’s already all over the web. But I was wrong. Despite tons of prior art out on the web, in academic research papers and even for sale that are LED stickers, the patent examiner missed it and deemed the LED sticker patent “new” and “non-obvious.”
How could that happen? The sad truth is that patents are approved all that time that probably shouldn’t be.
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Can’t you invalidate the patent? Unfortunately, once a patent gets issued things get much more complicated and expensive. The cheapest option would be for us to go to the USPTO with our prior art list and invalidate the patent though a process called an inter partes review (IPR). But such a process typically costs between $300,000 and $600,000 to file due to legal fees. In fact, it’s much more than the cost of getting the patent in the first place! So for now, we’ve decided not to go down this route.
The US patent system is broken. This is appalling]]>patents led-stickers uspto prior-art invention crowdfundinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:1a0917d3a1cc/Nikola Tesla Wasn't God And Thomas Edison Wasn't The Devil2012-05-20T23:08:08+00:00
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/05/18/nikola-tesla-wasnt-god-and-thomas-edison-wasnt-the-devil/
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