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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • December 12, 2005
    This editorial at the LA Times serves as another commentary on the state of the US patent system:

    ``Patent laws may be an inventor's best friend, giving someone with a groundbreaking idea the means to capitalize on it. But on many levels, the U.S. patent system is profoundly flawed. Too many patents are issued for `innovations' that are obvious, vague or already in wide use. Too many patent holders try to extend their claims to devices and services that weren't even contemplated when the patents were granted. And it's a difficult, costly exercise to overturn a questionable patent after it has been awarded.''

    Full editorial:
    http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ebay4dec04,0,6943666.story

    Via Slashdot.

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