Re: Software patents ...

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

> 4) Putting the burden of paying the challenger's expenses in challenging a
> patent (if the patent is overturned) on the patent holder. This would 
> basically
> mean that if I get myself a trivial patent and somebody decides to 
> challenge it,
> and it is successfully overturned, I have to pay the challenger's costs. 
> This would
> create incentive to do a better prior art search and discourage trivial 
> patents.

This would be a bit risky and unreasonable to ask in my opinion. It 
could mean a DDoS of challengers if MS, as an example, tries to patent 
anything.

It sounds a bit like a WiKi solution, but I doubt the patent system 
would ever become open-source and open for changing. :o)

Regardless, if a WiKi of sorts existed for open source algorithms, 
ideas, etc - online, and documented with dates, that would be an 
interesting searchable archive for future proof hunting.

        Gadi.
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