US Patent Office to Try ‘Open Source’ Approach (BetaNews)
US Patent Office to Try ‘Open Source’ Approach (BetaNews)
As urgent appeals for lawmakers to finally address multiple defects in US patent law appear to finally be taken seriously, the US Patent and Trademark Office is considering riding this wave of upheaval and making a tremendous change of its own: Last week, it announced its official support of a Web site whose purpose will be to encourage citizens to assess the validity of patent applications for …