[ExI] Problem with Pattents

[BillK]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:23 AM,  ablainey wrote:
> A global registry is the most
> probable outcome of us following the current path.
>
> So do we embrace that idea now and start to build a new global system or do
> we more sensibly change the fundamental protection ideas?
>


An article just published shows how broken the US patent system is.
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25467>

US patent backlog, employee attrition grow at alarming rates
Submitted by Layer 8 on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 4:34pm.

Even with its increased hiring estimates of 1,200 patent examiners
each year for the next 5 years, the US Patent and Trademark Office
patent application backlog is expected to increase to over 1.3 million
at the end of fiscal year 2011 the Government Accounting Office
reported today.

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So it is becoming evident even to the Patent Office that the job, as
presently defined, is impossible.
That is one way of making a decision. Wait until the situation gets so
bad that a rethink is forced.

BillK