Comment Re:Be suspicious (Score 1) 263
In a legal alert from Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, they discuss the shifting of the legal burden for injunctions from the "infringer" to the "patentee":
"As evident during recent hearings before the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on the Judiciary, small businesses, sole inventors, biotech and pharmaceutical companies oppose the proposed changes related to injunctions, whereas service providers and manufacturers favor the proposed changes."
http://www.kilpatrickstockton.com/publications/leg al-alert.aspx?ID=30
Sounds like individual inventors get steamrolled if it takes millions to challenge large companies using their patented ideas (that have become publicly available through the patenting process).
"As evident during recent hearings before the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on the Judiciary, small businesses, sole inventors, biotech and pharmaceutical companies oppose the proposed changes related to injunctions, whereas service providers and manufacturers favor the proposed changes."
http://www.kilpatrickstockton.com/publications/le
Sounds like individual inventors get steamrolled if it takes millions to challenge large companies using their patented ideas (that have become publicly available through the patenting process).
