[ NNSquad ] Google Public Policy Blog: Improving software patent quality to support innovation

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Google Public Policy Blog: Improving software patent quality to support innovation

http://j.mp/1714CZl  (Google Public Policy Blog)

   "We filed comments yesterday with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    (PTO) on software patent quality, where we argue that better
    application of established legal principles can help reduce the number
    of vague, overbroad software patents issued. We think this will
    protect real innovation while helping to solve some growing problems
    in the patent system.

    Many software patents are so broad as to claim every way of doing
    something on a computer. And the boundaries of these patents are often
    unclear. The Patent Office would never permit a patent that covered
    "any combination of molecules to treat a headache with a pill," but it
    regularly does this by allowing software patent claims covering only a
    goal-not an inventive solution."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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