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Crowd Source Patents
By Jeremy | March 4, 2010
Disclaimer: I know quite a bit about patents. However, I don’t know everything. If there is already an easy way for people to comment on patents, regard this article as a highlight of my ignorance.
People file for crazy patents all the time. Even a simple patent search turns up patents for things like linked lists or other very common, everyday items that have been around longer than the life of a patent. What is even crazier is that the patent office grants them, despite the angry mobs of bloggers who fill their blogs with enraged posts about the shortcomings of said patents. Crowd sourcing patents is a capable solution to this patent problem. Give this mad mob of bloggers and all people an easy to use web site where they can gather evidence for or against a patent. Crowd sourcing patents would solve the problem of the patent office having to employ experts in every field. The power, and responsibility, would be back in the hands of that wrathful mob who could invalidate the crazy patents before they are even granted.
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