<story><title>Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat</title><url>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/our-right-challenge-junk-patents-under-threat</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>joemullin</author><text>I work for EFF and wrote the text of this blog post and action. On here I speak only for myself, but a couple points I want to add.&lt;p&gt;1) EFF has only filed one IPR ever, (linked in the post), against Personal Audio, to invalidate a patent asserted against podcasting. This was crowd-funded by hundreds of people. It required years of litigation beyond the IPR process itself.&lt;p&gt;2) Patent challenges should be open to all. There&amp;#x27;s nothing wrong with a &amp;quot;for profit&amp;quot; org challenging a government monopoly - it&amp;#x27;s a public benefit. A good patent will often hold up (many do), a wrongly granted one will usually go down.&lt;p&gt;Please read the examples in the post of (very) small businesses, individuals, and nonprofits (Wikimedia) who were protected because &lt;i&gt;another&lt;/i&gt; organization, often a for-profit, filed a successful IPR.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s truly upside down world  when USPTO is concerned its very limited monopoly-challenging services are being overused by &amp;quot;for-profits&amp;quot; that file &amp;quot;serial&amp;quot; petitions. In my career I have analyzed hundreds of shell companies that have (each!) sent out dozens or hundreds of threat letters and lawsuits demanding patent royalty payments (patent trolls). Guess what? They&amp;#x27;re ALL for-profit. They ALL file serial petitions with the hopes of a fast payout.&lt;p&gt;We have limited means to challenge this extortionate business model, and now USPTO is trying to drastically limit one of the best options. I hope they reconsider, and we ask for your support.&lt;p&gt;Thanks to all and I appreciate the discussion here.</text></comment>
<story><title>Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat</title><url>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/our-right-challenge-junk-patents-under-threat</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>myshpa</author><text>Why Software Patents are Bad, Period.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;caseymuratori.com&amp;#x2F;blog_0027&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;caseymuratori.com&amp;#x2F;blog_0027&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patents are out of control, and they’re hurting innovation&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.learnliberty.org&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;patents-are-out-of-control-and-theyre-hurting-innovation&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.learnliberty.org&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;patents-are-out-of-control...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Economic and Game Theory Against Intellectual Monopoly&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20120121014753&amp;#x2F;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;levine.sscnet.ucla.edu&amp;#x2F;general&amp;#x2F;intellectual&amp;#x2F;againstfinal.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20120121014753&amp;#x2F;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;levine.ss...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;PATENTS AND INNOVATION IN ECONOMIC HISTORY&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gwern.net&amp;#x2F;doc&amp;#x2F;economics&amp;#x2F;2016-moser.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;gwern.net&amp;#x2F;doc&amp;#x2F;economics&amp;#x2F;2016-moser.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Historical record shows how intellectual property systematically slowed down innovation&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20140306012646&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.p2pfoundation.net&amp;#x2F;historical-record-shows-how-intellectual-property-systematically-slowed-down-innovation&amp;#x2F;2012&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;27&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20140306012646&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.p2pfo...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Criticism of patents&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Criticism_of_patents&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Criticism_of_patents&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>