Sergey Brin discusses changes to patent system to end patent trolling

[Guest Jeff Causey]

 

Google’s Sergey Brin discussed several changes to U.S. patent law during a recent onstage presentation. Some of the sweeping changes he would like to see include the elimination of business process patents, a requirement that a patent holder actively use the patented technology, and significantly reducing the time allowed for patent protection to exist.

 

Brin’s comments regarding active use of patents is a shot at “patent trolls” or companies that buy up patents. These companies then sit on the patents waiting for someone else to actually implement the technology and then try to collect on it under threat of a lawsuit for infringement. As far as the length of patents, Brin thinks different types of technology should receive differing lengths of protection. To Brin this makes sense given how fast technology is developing.

 

Brin also discussed the concept that patents should only be granted when there is a good trade-off for society in granting the patent. Check out the rest of Brin’s comments in the video below.

 

 

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