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40hz:
This today from the OSNews website:

"The House on Wednesday took up the most far-reaching overhaul of the patent system in 60 years, a bill that leaders in both parties said would make it easier for inventors to get their innovations to market and help put people back to work. The legislation, supported by the Obama administration and a broad range of business groups and high tech companies, aims to ease the lengthy backlog in patent applications, clean up some of the procedures that can lead to costly litigation and put the United States under the same filing system as the rest of the industrialized world." In other words, more protection for large companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft, and an increasing number of nonsense patents due to faster application procedures.
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Link to article here.

Be careful what you ask for. Especially when you ask politicians for "reform."  :-\

Renegade:
The except was enough. I don't need to go getting myself all worked up...

Please insert copious amounts of screaming obscenities and profanities that would make the Devil blush...

zridling:
What would happen if such legislation removed "money" from the patent equation? When Apple is racing to patent gestures -- GESTURES!! -- you might as well file a patent on the process of filing a patent. This vague legislation contains wording that seems to address the concerns of some, but which in practice gives MEGA-CORPORATIONS exactly what the want: the same old way. One step forward, two steps back: "We solved it, run along now!"

Carol Haynes:
The law (in any country I know of including the UK and US) has NEVER been to protect people - otherwise it wouldn't be so biased towards the rich, businesses, governments, lawyers and royalty.

Did you know that a commoner (legal term applies to anyone who hasn't been ennobled - also known as arse licker or rich bastard) in the UK cannot sue the Royal family - even if the Royal Family were to commit blatantly obvious crimes (which they have done many times in the past) and that Royal prerogative extends to all sorts of areas of government. I am not sure but I assume that prerogative also applies in crown colonies (such as Australia and Canada). One example all the land STOLEN from the people cannot be returned to the people because now it belongs to "individuals" (also known as banks, estates etc.)

Hell in the UK children have to be taught about 'citizenship' in schools - it is now a compulsory subject - but NO ONE in the UK is a CITIZEN - we are all SUBJECTS of the crown (if you are from the UK and don't believe me look in your Passport). Citizenship classes in schools should consist of a one line statement on day one of school "there is no such thing as a UK citizen"! There done, now lets get on with speaking the Queen's English.

Any we live in a democracy ... since when? The UK is still a 'serfdom' - the US is just the country of 'I've got a bigger gun than you' even if that gone is now metaphorical (money).

Renegade:
Thank you Carol. That sort of scratched my "rant-itch". :)

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