Ping
Not to mention that if NASA (for example) invents something, and then when a big corporation “re-invents” it, the US Gov won’t go to court for the rights.
Right now the biggest problems seem to be that the patent office has given up on researching prior art and giving patents for trivial and obvious improvements on prior patents. One seminar I attended called this the five legged chair patent. If someone patents a chair with four legs, someone else can essentially take that patent, cross out four, write in five and patent that with the patent office relying on the courts to later rule whether the patent is void because it is obvious.
Big Corps. buying votes is nothing new but now they seem to have a new lap dog to help them. This is why people have such low regard for our government.
“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
One can be fairly certain that the title of any FedGov bill is always the exact opposite of what the bill is really about.