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I didn't say the proof would be easy | 158 comments | Create New Account
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I didn't say the proof would be easy
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, July 13 2012 @ 04:15 PM EDT

Entity X is working on a particular problem. No one else is working on that problem. Patent applied, patent granted. No one reads the patent. Entity Y starts working on the problem, they develop a solution. The solution matches the patent.

In some cases, it wouldn't be easy at all to prove independent development.

But it would give a defense that currently is not allowed at all.

There should be room for something as seemingly logical as:

    A: the moment a patent is granted, it becomes published
    B: if a dozen different companies suddenly infringe the patent - "independent invention" should be blindingly obvious including identifying the patent for immediate rejection due to obviousness.
There's no way dozen's of companies will all get access to the same unpublished patent and develop their own products months prior to the actual grant.... not unless said inventor of said unpublished patent publicly disclosed the invention to the public first before applying.

And when you throw in companies accross diverse industries all infringing the same patent? Seriously? That Bank, the construction company, the theater chain, the fast food chain - they all suddenly infringe the same patent? Well... all I can say is:

    If that's not an obvious "invention" then "obvious" is not in the dictionary!
It's simply a non-sensical word that can be blindly ignored.

RAS

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