Patient Rights and Consumer Groups Join EFF In Opposing Two Extreme Patent Bills
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from Electronic Frontier Foundation5 months ago
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) seeks to revive many abstract computer patents banned for the past decade, significantly benefiting patent trolls and complicating patent law.
Electronic Frontier Foundationhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/patient-rights-and-consumer-groups-join-eff-opposing-two-extreme-patent-bills
Under PERA, even common business methods and medical practices could be patented if they involve computers—an extreme shift that may overburden courts and harm innovation.
Electronic Frontier Foundationhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/patient-rights-and-consumer-groups-join-eff-opposing-two-extreme-patent-bills
Civil society groups warn that both PERA and the PREVAIL Act could empower patent trolls, creating a chilling effect on innovation and restricting public challenges of bad patents.
Electronic Frontier Foundationhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/patient-rights-and-consumer-groups-join-eff-opposing-two-extreme-patent-bills
Experts caution that allowing patents for concepts merely involving computers could lead to litigation abuse and monopolization of basic technological functions, hindering fair competition.
Electronic Frontier Foundationhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/patient-rights-and-consumer-groups-join-eff-opposing-two-extreme-patent-bills
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