New York Times (March 30)
“In recent years, the government has too often given patent protection to inventions that do not represent real scientific advances.” With patent applications more than tripling during the past 20 years, many of the patents granted “appear to be overly broad and vague.” In an upcoming case, the Supreme Court will have a chance to narrow the scope of what’s patentable. “The Supreme Court should make clear that nobody should be allowed to claim a monopoly over an abstract idea.”
Tags: Abstract idea, Applications, Government, Inventions, Monopoly, Overly broad, Patent, Protection, Scientific advances, Supreme Court, U.S., Vague
The Economist (September 1)
The Economist (September 1)
“The much bigger questions raised by this case [Apple versus Samsung] are whether all Apple’s innovations should have been granted a patent in the first place…. To award a monopoly right to finger gestures and rounded rectangles is to stretch the definition of ‘novel’ and ‘non-obvious’ to breaking-point.”