We’ve heard over and over again how painfully slow the U.S. Patent Office is. I was reminded again today as I was copied on an email to a patent attorney regarding an application we sent in THREE YEARS AGO. What the hell? This wasn’t even a very complex product that we are dealing with here. [...]
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Wishing the U.S. Patent Office Wasn’t So Slow
August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Inventions, Inventions, Legislation, Other, Other, Rant, Rant, Technology, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups
Tags: competitive advantage·Inventions·losing competitive advantage·patent·Patent Office·patent reform·USPTO
RIAA Wants to Expand Fines for CD Copying
January 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Business Practices, Legislation
Good freakin’ googly. As if the RIAA wasn’t already out of control, they want to expand the provisions for which they can sue the living crap out of anyone who copies a CD. Now they want to count each individual song as a separate infringement, thus making the fine for copying a 10-song CD to [...]
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