"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
EFF and Partners Challenge Six 3D Printing Patent Applications
Submitted by Eric Field on Wed, 2013-04-17 00:00
if there's something that drives us crazy, it's when patents get in the way of innovation. Unfortunately, we often don't find out about the most dangerous patents until it's too late—once they've been used to assert infringement. That's why we were encouraged by the new provision of the patent law that allows third parties to easily challenge patent applications while those applications are still pending.
Article from Julie Samuels of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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