TheWorx

There was a time when patents were a good idea because it made an inventor more willing to share his invention with the world--in fact, the patent office insists that when you describe your invention, others should also be able to make it; just not make money off of that copying without a license from the inventor. So, you've invented something. You think it will make millions for you and benefit the World even though the latter is not a requirement. You produce the thing and find that someone has infringed on your patent before your product has even taken off. It cost you almost every spare penny you had. Now, you've got to mortgage your home because it is now up to you to sue and the courts now have to determine who really infringed on whom and what might you have done that invalidates the patent. Perhaps you left out a pertinent "prior art" that duped the patent office into giving you that patent [prior art must be acknowledged even though the USPTO has the best se...

The utter idiocy of paying for something which does not protect you in the least and which leaves you having to seek expert witnesses and paying lawyers through your nose to defend your patent is, quite frankly, patently absurd.  Samsung expert witnesses: Sorry, Apple, there's no infringement - CNET The obvious solution is to pay a small fee to have the government verify that you thought of an idea on such and such a date. Then, you would do what you have to do now. You fight patent infringement in court if you think someone is using your patent without paying you. What idiot would want to pay thousands for NOTHING! Let's do away with the patent office as it now exists! I'm so frustrated over this that all I can do is state it again, you have to defend your patent on your own. What the heck does a court care whether some patent examiner granted the patent if it has the power to invalidate it? Oh, so asinine. So, so, asinine!