I really like this part: "Wednesday's committee deliberations centered on finding compromises acceptable to opponents--namely the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, manufacturers, and large research universities--so that the bill could win approval."
Ah, corruption!
I'm sure they'll tack on all sorts of unrelated slop, like bridges in Alaska, timelines for troop withdrawals, minimum wage hikes, congressional pay raises, etc. Then it'll be vetoed.
And I understand the pharmaceutical industry's need for something like the existing patent system; maybe we need some way to distinguish software patents from other patents?
Congress will still probably make a mess of things, but it looks like they are at long last actually heading in the right direction, or maybe a better direction...hopefully.
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I really like this part: "Wednesday's committee deliberations centered on finding compromises acceptable to opponents--namely the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, manufacturers, and large research universities--so that the bill could win approval."
Ah, corruption!
I'm sure they'll tack on all sorts of unrelated slop, like bridges in Alaska, timelines for troop withdrawals, minimum wage hikes, congressional pay raises, etc. Then it'll be vetoed.
Or even worse, it will pass.
"The bill moves the patent system from a "first-to-invent" to a "first-to-file" system..."
This is huge. I think the US was the last developed country still clinging to the first-to-invent system.
Compromise != corruption.
And I understand the pharmaceutical industry's need for something like the existing patent system; maybe we need some way to distinguish software patents from other patents?
Congress will still probably make a mess of things, but it looks like they are at long last actually heading in the right direction, or maybe a better direction...hopefully.
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