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Technology Stocks : Wi-LAN Inc. (T.WIN)
WILN 1.3900.0%Sep 18 5:00 PM EST
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To: Dexter Lives On who wrote (16528)1/2/2014 9:51:05 AM
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This issue has been gestating for many years. The problem is that both ends of the spectrum from the largest companies to individuals who hold patents can be accused of abuse of the adversarial legal system of IPR enforcement.

The USPTO is the crux of the problem: It starts with Congress that has treated it as a cash cow to plunder the fees generated rather than allow USPTO to build up their staff and processes to assure that patent filings are given full review including a more thorough examination of the prior art. As a result, the patent office has issued many patents, imo, that should never have been granted. The prior art and claims reviews can be sloppy and skilled patent attorney's have found ways to 'game the system' such as by citing numerous prior art while failing to list that which is most damning. The overworked staff rolls over imo.

That situation has been brewing since before Wi-LAN was established. The impact is that legitimate patent prosecution firms are cast in the same light as abusers byu orchestrated efforts of the large companies and their reform lobbyists, organizations and the tabloid industry media.
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