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.
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Novo Nordisk's Canadian Mistake(science.org)
399 points by jbm | 211 comments
Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog post at Science on Novo Nordisk's mistake in letting its semaglutide patent lapse in Canada, opening the door to generics like Sandoz.
OrioleDB Patent: now freely available to the Postgres community(supabase.com)
378 points by tosh | 126 comments
Supabase blog post announcing that the OrioleDB patent is now freely available for use by the Postgres community.
Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead?(josefprusa.com)
609 points by rcarmo | 374 comments
Josef Prusa's article arguing open hardware desktop 3D printing is dying due to Chinese utility model patent filings, with an update on Anycubic's MMU-related patent.
US Judge invalidates blood glucose sensor patent, opens door for Apple Watch(patentlyapple.com)
391 points by walterbell | 142 comments
Patently Apple article reporting a federal judge invalidated an Omni MedSci blood glucose sensor patent, potentially clearing the way for Apple Watch glucose monitoring.
Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D(arstechnica.com)
400 points by PaulHoule | 180 comments
Ars Technica article on a Senate report finding major drug companies spend more on executive pay and shareholder payouts than on R&D, citing patent thickets.
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.