The patent office is about to make bad patents untouchable(eff.org)
506 points by iamnothere | 70 comments
EFF article by Joe Mullin arguing that proposed USPTO rule changes would make it much harder to challenge bad patents.
#inter-partes-review on Hacker News
3 stories tagged inter-partes-review, newest first.
US Patent Office proposes rule to make it much harder to kill bad patents(techdirt.com)
487 points by berkeleyjunk | 68 comments
Techdirt article by Mike Masnick criticizing a USPTO proposed rule that would make it harder to challenge bad patents through inter partes review.
Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat(eff.org)
1189 points by prhrb | 186 comments
EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin (June 2023) warning that proposed changes threaten the public's ability to challenge low-quality patents.