By Steven Tjoe Much of today’s patent policy debate focuses on the dynamics of patent litigation. Sensational anecdotes of abusive demand letters, litigants strategically exploiting bad patents, and tales of so-called “patent trolls” (reinforced by now debunked empirical claims) have captured the public’s imagination and spurred Congress to rush to revise the patent system. Unfortunately, … Continue reading “The Unintended Consequences of Patent "Reform"”
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Policy Debates On Patents Should Focus On Facts, Not Rhetoric (Forbes.com Op-Ed)
[Cross-posted at Truth on the Market on December 18, 2012] A heavily revised and expanded verison of one of my earlier blog postings was just posted as an op-ed on Forbes.com. This op-ed addresses how the FTC and DOJ have let themselves become swept up in anti-patent rhetoric, as evidenced by the FTC-DOJ workshop on December … Continue reading “Policy Debates On Patents Should Focus On Facts, Not Rhetoric (Forbes.com Op-Ed)”