Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 8, 2007
American Inventors Need Patent System With Greater Transparency, Fairness
Forum Column - By Antonia L. Sequeira - Small inventors beware - the net result of new patent rules may be a lack of protection for previously developed innovations.
By Antonia L. Sequeira
Patents are commonly justified in the United States as an exchange of information for legal rights. An inventor provides public benefit by disclosing the details of how to make and use his invention. In return for sharing this knowledge with the world, the inventor is issued a patent that provides the right to exclude others from practicing the patented invention for approximately 20 years. ...
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