The American USPTO has begun a round of consultations with the public opinion wants to hear when customizing the existing patentensysteem. In addition, discusses the U.s. congress enacted a new law for patents.
The American government seems not really something to do with software patents, so reports of Bad Patents. However, there can be through a structured comment system ideas to the patentenregistratiebureau USPTO be passed, in which also patents are called. The American patentenbureau says that the initiative is designed to make the process of patenting inventions is to optimize. According to the USPTO, the comments resulting from the consultation is used in addition to the existing changes that the government will impose in the new patentenwet, America Invents Act is called.
It seems that the USPTO also wants to look at the patentability of some inventions. The government agency says that the herevaluaties of patents faster want to perform: so the question of whether a particular patent is actually something that is bold or new covers faster to be answered. The USPTO gives himself as an example that the person who is a patent herevalueert with people from the relevant industry must be able to talk, so as to find out whether a software patent an innovative technique describes, or that this in the industry is considered self-evident.
The last time there is a lot of criticism came on the issue of patents on certain trivial inventions. In addition, so-called patent trolls on the rise, companies that mainly patents of other companies will copy and use it to others to complain, in an attempt to licentiegelden to drag. Recently came Lodsys in the news: a company that received a patent for in-app-purchases had obtained, and these used to iOS developers to be complaining.
In addition, many large technology companies are regularly in the news because they have their collection of software patents to bet in indictments. Among other large companies such as Apple, Google, Oracle, Motorola, Nokia and Microsoft are engaged in lawsuits regarding patent infringement. Usually there is no judgment of the court is awaited, but outside the courtroom to get a settlement. So would HTC 5 dollars per sold phone to Microsoft to pay because of a settlement regarding alleged patent infringement by HTC.