This week, the latest push by Congress to fix the
software patent problem suffered a setback after Microsoft (s msft) and IBM gutted a key House bill that would have made it easier for victims to push back.
«The Coalition for Patent Fairness applauds the House of Representatives for debating the issue of patent reform, but cautions that current approaches may misdiagnose America's
systemic patent problem and puts jobs at risk.
Canada has
a patent problem.
«They decided to make a copy and leave
the patent problems to the lawyers, «he said.
Microsoft can presumably fix
its patent problem by eliminating the.
You need jurisdiction to address all the other issues and look over how
the patent problem intersects with other problems.
Patent trolls have made
the patent problem much worse.
At the same time, however, the White House and executive agencies are looking at other ways to fix
the patent problem.
If Congress goes at this alone, America's
patent problems will continue but American innovation will not.»
The patent problem has become so severe that it will come before both Congress and the Supreme Court this spring.
The Innovation Act doesn't solve
every patent problem — most noticeably, it doesn't tackle the fundamental issue of patent quality — but it's a strong step that would help end users and businesses, both big and small.
2012 also saw people taking
the patent problem into their own hands with exciting self - help remedies.
Second, if this is a problem, this is not
a patent problem.