Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Oct 2009 15:17 UTC
Remember when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone, and proclaimed, to much applause, that they patented the hell out of it? Well, apparently Apple likes to boast about its own patents, but when it comes to dealing with other's they're not so willing. That is, if you believe Nokia: the largest phone manufacturer in the world has sued Apple for patent infringement.
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Actually, the number one thing to do to improve patents is to make it illegal for a lawyer to be involved in the writing of a patent. Look at what happens right now: an engineer writes up a patent, which is then sent to a team of lawyers who immediately translate it into "legaleze" so that it's nearly impossible to read, and made as vague as possible at the same time. The vast majority of patents today are worthless because they don't contain enough info to reproduce the patented "invention" so as to be vague enough to cover anything appearing in the future. What little info there is also requires a legal dictionary or lawyer to figure out what it's saying.
In other words, lawyers have taken over the patent office to turn it into work for lawyers. It should be a felony on the same order as fraud for lawyers to be involved in anything other than a trial for patent infringement. Do that and I'll that the patent "industry" the way it is.