Comments on: Epstein on Posner’s “Patent Adventurism” in Apple v. Motorola http://truthonthemarket.com/2012/08/01/epstein-on-posners-patent-adventurism-in-apple-v-motorola/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Thu, 09 May 2013 22:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: August 20 roundup - Overlawyered http://truthonthemarket.com/2012/08/01/epstein-on-posners-patent-adventurism-in-apple-v-motorola/#comment-49792 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:30:05 +0000 http://truthonthemarket.com/?p=13760#comment-49792 [...] vs. Posner on patents [via Josh Wright, TotM] “Congress Takes Aim at ‘Patent Trolls’ With SHIELD Act” [Lisa Shuchman, [...]

]]> By: Finger on the Pulse: From Our Blogroll and Beyond « The Legal Pulse http://truthonthemarket.com/2012/08/01/epstein-on-posners-patent-adventurism-in-apple-v-motorola/#comment-49415 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:30:34 +0000 http://truthonthemarket.com/?p=13760#comment-49415 [...] Chicago’s two most influential Richards, Posner and Epstein, debate the U.S. patent system (Truth on the Market) [...]

]]> By: thesikri http://truthonthemarket.com/2012/08/01/epstein-on-posners-patent-adventurism-in-apple-v-motorola/#comment-49389 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:38:08 +0000 http://truthonthemarket.com/?p=13760#comment-49389 Reblogged this on thesikri.

]]> By: Walter Sobchak http://truthonthemarket.com/2012/08/01/epstein-on-posners-patent-adventurism-in-apple-v-motorola/#comment-49338 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:02:28 +0000 http://truthonthemarket.com/?p=13760#comment-49338 I read the Epstein article and I thought it was overwrought. I think there is a consensus that the patent office has been too slack in its reviews of software and business methods patents, and the courts too liberal in granting infringement awards. I am not a patent geek, but I thought that the last few SCOTUS cases narrowed those patents and limited the awards.

I also think that the economic history of patents shows that they often inhibit development more than they encourage it.

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