Basically, the CPF would rather be able to copy any design and compete on economies of scale, distribution channels, etc. than have a strong patent system… effectively forfeiting *all* American IP (dag, even Pharma?) for the sake of some immediate shareholder profits… seems like a good way to bring America down to its knees.

Of course, CPF profits have nothing with promoting progress of Science and the Useful Arts. It’s just a redistribution of wealth and technology away from small companies… and giving away America’s IP to the world – which I guess is important to some.

There are better solutions to the problems with software and business method patents (which CPF companies are arguably more responsible for than anyone else… have they essentially reaped what they have sown?) than gutting Pharma protection.

last checked, the “anti patent reform group” label belonged NOT to the group of which Scott Shane wrote for (which I believe also include MAPI), but to the group that Jaideep seemingly defends, the oxymoronic Coalition for Patent Fairness.

At least I have a viewpoint to check out regarding the Shane study. Thanks Jaideep.

Reps Manzullo and Michaud are my new heroes. That at least some Democrats, along with Republicans, see the potential problems with this new version of so-called “patent law reform” as potentially costing American jobs and undercutting American global competitiveness is fair warning that this bill benefits the corporate Goliaths, not the innovative Davids. The corporate Goliaths certainly aren’t going to create the jobs needed to bring American out of the current recession, but are (at least those in the banking and financial services world that created this mess) instead simply “sucking” money out of the so-called “stimulus” packages passed by the same Congressional characters who are supporting this new version of so-called “patent law reform.”

Again, look at who is supporting this bill, the Coalition for Patent Fairness, a truly oxymoronic title for an organization that could care less if America’s patent system goes down the toilet. CFPR, which whines continually about how the current American patent system is stacked against it, isn’t going to create American jobs, but will simply increase the dominant position of the large computer/IT companies (who will continually cut American jobs). Also, could it be that these Congressional characters supporting this new version of so-called “patent law reform” pocketed funds from the Coalition for Patent Fairness? Again, this new version of so-called “patent law reform” will simply stamp out the Davids of Innovation, and with it the hope for job creation and global competitiveness in America. Anyone who believes otherwise is living in a dream world.