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[FYI] U.S.: The Expansion of the Patent System: Politics and Political Economy
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- Subject: [FYI] U.S.: The Expansion of the Patent System: Politics and Political Economy
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- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 20:19:12 +0100
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The Expansion of the Patent System:
Politics and Political Economy
By Brian Kahin
Over the past twenty years, the jurisdiction of the patent system has
expanded to cover software and business practices. This expansion
continues to elicit concerns about quality, but the quality problem
is symptomatic of institutional problems. Captured by the patent
community, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has adopted an
expansionist philosophy and devalued the examination process. This
philosophy, along with the expansionist decisions of the specialized
Court of the Appeals for the Federal Circuit, is dramatically at odds
with the principles of the Clinton Administration's initiative on
global electronic commerce.
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