OpenDotDotDot: Why Patents Are Broken, Part 4783678 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-89261/opendotdotdot:why-patents-are-broken-part-4783678 Posts in the discussion thread "OpenDotDotDot: Why Patents Are Broken, Part 4783678" - An EPO spokesperson told heise online that the increasing number of patent applications does not mean that the world is coming up with more innovations. Rather, inventors and companies that already hold patents in one country are lining up at many other national patent offices to get patents for other markets. "If the decision takes time, the result is a period of legal uncertainty", a spokesperson explained. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:25 +0000 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-89261#post-260369 OpenDotDotDot: Why Patents Are Broken, Part 4783678 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-89261/opendotdotdot:why-patents-are-broken-part-4783678#post-260369 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:50:21 +0000 zoobab 2946 "An EPO spokesperson told heise online that the increasing number of patent applications does not mean that the world is coming up with more innovations. Rather, inventors and companies that already hold patents in one country are lining up at many other national patent offices to get patents for other markets. "If the decision takes time, the result is a period of legal uncertainty", a spokesperson explained."

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