tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post971849172232265077..comments2024-03-29T06:53:23.405+00:00Comments on The IPKat: We don't envy the Americans their IP system -- or do we?Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-29426647848053710252013-01-17T00:17:00.161+00:002013-01-17T00:17:00.161+00:00This may surprise you, but as a politician for the...This may surprise you, but as a politician for the Pirate Party, and a member of Legal Affairs committee of the European Parliament, my answer is:<br /><br /><a href="http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/well-ipkat-in-a-way-i-do-sort-of-envy-the-us-its-patent-system/" rel="nofollow">Well, IPKat, in a way I do sort of envy the US its patent system</a> :)Christian Engström (pp)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05575128463739094811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-26624553984493846902013-01-15T11:52:38.862+00:002013-01-15T11:52:38.862+00:00I know that it's something which is impossible...I know that it's something which is impossible to do, but if you had a 'control' question like 'What do you think of American values and the American way of life' that you would allow you to see how many responders are simply anti-American, and thus more likely to also dislike its IP systems. You say that you've now established we don't envy the US its patent system. However perhaps what has actually been established is that we're not too fond of Americans (here in the UK).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-52678537658392372522013-01-10T10:36:04.170+00:002013-01-10T10:36:04.170+00:00Having been put through the wringer by this screwe...Having been put through the wringer by this screwed-up, inefficient, backlog-hampered, protectionist outfit, they deserve any criticisms levelled at them... like they could care less.<br /><br />And given the 'support' offered here to help with abuses heaped on any daring to enter the US closed shop, from IPO to UKTI, I don't anticipate many changes any time soon.<br /><br />As it stands, I now consider IP to be merely a job creation scheme for brochure-cranking, PR-addicted 'business-related' trade bodies and legions of lawyers to pad out their kids college funds.Peter Martinhttp://www.retie.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-35128371415975050602013-01-10T09:30:13.454+00:002013-01-10T09:30:13.454+00:00Although I do not get patents granted in the U.S. ...Although I do not get patents granted in the U.S. any more (thanks to KSR I guess), I have to say that the quality of the search carried out by the U.S. Examiner during substantial examination is excellent. Alas, in my technical field, which is somewhere in the mechanical sciences, the quality of the EPO search is poor to say the least.pantagruelnoreply@blogger.com