Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] EVO status...was: (open-source like hardware)
From: Dan Hollis (goemon_AT_anime.net)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 22:41:25 EET
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> Dan Hollis writes:
> > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > IANAL, but as near as I can tell the USPTO has almost completely given
> > > up on their responsibility to actually evaluate patents before
> > > granting them. The philosophy seems to be that they'll let anything
> > > go through, and if somebody doesn't like it let the courts sort it out.
> > IMHO the individual examiners should be held liable if the patent is found
> > invalid due to prior art.
> A good idea in principle, but given the amounts of money involved
> you'd never be able to hire another examiner...
Ok, dock their pay, slash their benefits, whatever. They need to be
penalized for sloppy work. Right now there is NO INCENTIVE for them to do
good work, and it shows.
-Dan
-- [-] Omae no subete no kichi wa ore no mono da. [-]
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