Growing Evidence That the Patent Industry Has Become a Major Scam
WE may be pausing for a bit with EPO coverage (longer stories in the pipeline, different topics though), but take a look or get a load of this pure nonsense, which is "counterproductive," as an associate put it, and moreover "hurts innovation". Universities should serve the public, not build a "portfolio" of monopolies. However, American corporations including Microsoft decide what goes on in India, even regarding patents. See the following old articles:
Who is being served by Indian law? Or patent laws? Colonisers?
In the next batch of Daily Links we'll show examples of the illegal, unconstitutional fake 'court' for patents in the EU (it's connected to the EPO's crime) trying to break past borders and enforce its totally unlawful authority on countries outside the EU.
What will be the effect? If anything, it makes the patent "industry" (or litigation microcosm) seem not only illegitimate but a bunch of organised crime, a mafia. I've lost count of the number of serious threats sent to me by corrupt officials at the EPO and white-collar criminals who led Team UPC.
These are not legal professionals. They are criminals. They may be wearing a suit and speaking in a posh accent, but they are still criminals.
The above says: "Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) a few years ago had committed to filing ‘One Patent a day’. In 2024-2025 the institute filed 386 patents."
So what? Are they going to go around suing people? If not, it's a waste of money and false trophy.
Seeing that the patent "industry" has turned to serious crimes (sometimes to cover up corruption) and seeing that the net negative is clearer for all to see, people who argue for abolition of all patents will have a field day. This injustice is unsustainable. █