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Authored by: PolR on Sunday, June 09 2013 @ 12:31 PM EDT |
I disagree. Based on what the president has said, I think the proposed law is a
good thing.
The argument you are raising is not how the currently law works. The proposed
changes are not worsening the situation because your argument is not how the law
is currently working to begin with.
As a different but related point, please understand what is the scope of this
law supported by the president. The issue is liability, not patent validity or
infringement. This new law is about who is liable assuming the patent is valid
and infringement is found.
I have not read the new bill, but based on what the president has said, I expect
that they will look at whether the claim is valid and infringed when the user
uses the software as it is intended to be used. If infringement is found, the
*maker* of the software will be found liable and the user will be shielded from
liability. This is an improvement over the current situation where the *user*
could be found liable. This improvement is a good thing.
I don't expect this law to change anything on validity or infringement. The
president has a separate initiative to tighten the application of the current
law on functional claiming. This part doesn't require making a new law because
it is a tightening of a law that already exists.
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- So ... - Authored by: Wol on Sunday, June 09 2013 @ 01:16 PM EDT
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