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Category: Media Commentary
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By Donald Zuhn –- After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 17th annual list of top patent stories. For 2023, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Kevin E. Noonan – For at least a decade, Congress has been concerned (not to say obsessed) with drug costs (understandably so, no matter how ineffectively; see "FTC to the Rescue Regarding High Drug Prices and Patents"; "Even More Ill-Conceived Remedies from Congress Regarding Prescription Drug Costs"; "More Ill-conceived Remedies from Congress Regarding Prescription Drug…
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By Michael Borella — Years ago, I was a proud parent when my children were invited to participate in an honors math program at their grade school. But this initial delight turned to confusion, and eventually frustration. As just one example of why I was less than pleased with our school's pedagogy, one very highly…
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By Michael Borella — When boiled down to a fundamental level, all technologies are double-edged swords. A spear can be used to hunt game or to wage war. A hammer can be used to build a shelter or to murder fellow humans. Social media can be used to connect lonely and geographically-distanced affinity groups in…
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By Kevin E. Noonan – It's always good to have a villain, a "Snidely Whiplash" or other cartoon caricature to support an argument, especially if the issue is complex and fails the cocktail party test.* The New York Times is (in)famous for these types of intellectually lazy arguments when it comes to patents (see "Top Stories…
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By Donald Zuhn –- After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories. For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Kevin E. Noonan – Idealism is a wonderful and at the same time frustrating character trait, because the world is not ideal as it is and is unlikely to ever be, but the motivation to achieve a more ideal world (or at least a more equitable one) is universal in human cultures (if only as a…
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By Michael Borella — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is at it again, gaslighting the public in its ongoing crusade against patents. While the EFF does perform some commendable work, mostly in the areas of individual privacy rights, its track record on patents amounts to little more than a hit job. In particular, the EFF has…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On a spring Saturday in a year when three major holidays — Easter, Passover, and Ramadan — coincided or overlapped, The New York Times Editorial Board decided it was time to announce that the "United States Patent and Trademark Office is in dire need of reform" ("Save America's Patent System,"…
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By Michael Borella — This weekend The New York Times published an editorial opinion entitled "Save America's Patent System." It bemoans the purported prevalence of "bad patents" — including "uninspiring tweaks" to existing products — that supposedly undermine innovation. This led the Times to call for radical patent reform. The Times continues a trend that has…
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