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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Mr. James DeLong: "Privatise Patents!"

I am a little bit baffled: On

IPCentral, a pro-IP blog,

Mr. James DeLong

advocates the privatisation of the patent examination:

"[...] Patent examination should be a business service, available, like express delivery, in whatever time frame you need and are willing to pay for. Increasingly, I doubt that this can be done within the framework of a government bureaucracy.

Maybe PFF should start a political movement: Privatize Patents! It'll sweep the nation. [...]"

The reason why I am a bit stunned? Hm... er... well, I have read about such proposal some time ago. Nobody else than Mr. Pilch of FFII

had brought it up. FFII finally intends to

dissolve or phase out the EPO as well as national Patent Offices.

Somewhat improbable allies out there ...

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