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The beauty of "first to file"
The real beauty of the "first to file" rule for big patent mills is that they can patent the inventions of others. For the small inventor, filing an acceptable and correct patent application can be daunting. Where large corporations (GE, Microsoft, Boeing, etc) have expert patent lawyers on staff who's only job is to file patents. If these companies even get a whiff of a small inventor's efforts, they can easily beat him/her to the patent office with an application that is vague enough to encompass the invention of the small inventor.
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Thank you Marcy Kaptor - big transnational companies  mighetto | 09/07/07
OK - now i believe everyone else.  nomorems | 09/07/07
RE: House votes to overhaul patent system  frgough | 09/07/07
Not!  nomorems | 09/07/07
yeah, note google complaining about honest judges  gabrielbear@... | 09/10/07
That's a joke, right?  rjcarlson49 | 09/10/07
My problem with first to file is...  John L. Ries | 09/07/07
Agree  Tim Patterson | 09/08/07
Anti-competitive!=Anti-capitalist  John L. Ries | 09/08/07
Umm, who "invented" radio?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/07
I think Tesla actually did the research...  John L. Ries | 09/10/07
Tesla-Radio-First to invent versus first to file.  StanislavF | 09/10/07
Maybe first to postmark?  JoeysLapTop | 09/11/07
The other problem I see...  Bob.Kerns | 09/09/07
The beauty of "first to file"  kbaily05@... | 09/10/07
not true  zoroaster | 09/10/07
.....and patenting 'discoveries'  alblake | 09/10/07
Patents != Capitalism  Tim Patterson | 09/08/07
Patent search costs are a barrier to individuals  alpyne2@... | 09/14/07
As a software patent holder...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/09/07
Good ideas Bit...  Tim Patterson | 09/09/07
re: As a software patent holder...  CobraA1 | 09/10/07
hmmm  balaknair | 09/10/07
"No Axe" for Senator...  jtenser@... | 09/10/07
Re: No_Ax...  STDog | 09/10/07
OMG! Pigs are flying...  Dr. John | 09/10/07
Better idea . . .  Raymond Danner | 09/10/07
re "House OKs revamp of patent system"  CobraA1 | 09/10/07
what's the unaddressed core issue?  seanwal111111 | 09/10/07
RE: House votes to overhaul patent system  GIGOmat | 09/10/07
All patents must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 09/10/07
Those dastardly corporations  DaveMorris | 09/10/07
Maybe so... but  jdriddle | 09/10/07
RE: House votes to overhaul patent system  Don't Ask Me | 09/10/07
Does not cause that huge an increase in patents.  StanislavF | 09/10/07
EVEN MICROSOFT LINKS TO BitTorrent  BALTHOR | 09/10/07
RE: House votes to overhaul patent system  walkerjian@... | 09/10/07
RE: House votes to overhaul patent system  rhill33 | 09/10/07
Foreign Patent Systems  davidsarmstrong | 09/10/07
RE: House votes to overhaul patent system  rzz1950 | 09/11/07
Use it or loose it.  zclayton2 | 09/11/07
"Defensive" Patents  optimist134 | 09/11/07
lame  kouzen | 09/11/07
lame? legitimate?  optimist134 | 09/12/07
Sorry, but I just....  cheesyone | 09/11/07
Legitimate? Lame?  optimist134 | 09/12/07
RE: House votes to overhaul patent system  locodragon2003 | 09/11/07

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