[Discuss] OSHW and patent trolls 99cyasr 99patents 99trolls

[Alicia Gibb]

I haven't yet heard of any patent trolls specifically going after open
hardware. Considering that patent trolls make their money off IP, its
possible that a product / project with no IP and therefore no money for
them doesn't appeal to them. I'd also like to hear from the community if
this has happened to anyone?

As for discussion, there is a lot of discussion currently in the US
Congress about IP reform. Nathan Seidle testified a few weeks ago offering
his changes to the current system to lawmakers:
https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1229

If you've got ideas for patent reform, now is the time to send your
congresspeople an email.

Cheers,
Alicia


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:04 PM, YES NOPE9 <yes at nope9.com> wrote:

> One way to deal with this is to set up a database of ideas released into
> the public domain ( prior art )
> These ideas could be tagged so that Goggle could search for them .......
> Tag could be #PublicDomainPatent
>           99guspuppet
>
> On Aug 19, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Marketply wrote:
>
> Patents will get ever more competition from openly published, freed
> inventions, especially the day when there will be a reliable, open
> technology database available the patent system can easily access to review
> for prior art.
>
> I've been in discussion with a patent lawyer about this for two years, and
> I'm getting ready to submit a few guidelines for patent reform, with actual
> examples. Now the time is perfect.
>
> There's already hints of this entering public discussion<http://blog.makezine.com/2013/05/02/first-to-file-nah-first-to-blog>
> .
>
> It would seem that the change to 'first to file' gives extraordinary
> advantages to open technology that hasn't yet been fully realized. I've
> been asking lawyers long before the change what this means for publishing
> (before anyone files a patent), and all replies look good for publishing
> 'open patents' before anyone can file the patent.
>
> Speed is of the essence. And crowd-powered efforts on open projects have
> that as a natural advantage.
>
> We only need a Quirky type of organization for publishing high quality
> open technology schematics at lightning speed, and a revolution in open
> technology is upon us.
>
> If anyone wants more info on the patent reform guidelines or even to
> collaborate we can open a new discussion.
>
> Marino Hernandez
> (just a founder of Marketply <http://www.marketply.org>)
> 203-429-420
>
>
> On August 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM Doug Leppard <doug.leppard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> What are some experiences with OSHW and patent issues especially patent
> trolls.  A friend of mine who is a patent attorney said that almost
> anything you do could be covered by a patent already.  Recent articles
> shows of trolls going after Kickstarter projects.
>
>
> Any experiences here?  Anything to learn from?
>
>
> Doug Leppard
>
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