Earlier this week, Public Knowledge announced that we have hired Charles Duan to head up our new Patent Reform Project. Charles is a computer scientist and former patent litigator who is currently working with my colleagues at the University of Colorado Law School analyzing next-generation Internet technologies and their impact on privacy, intellectual property and communications law. He’ll be starting full time this summer and we’re excited to get started.
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Last week, Public Knowledge filed comments with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") asking it to rethink the fees it has proposed for several patent review procedures. The comments are part of a series of rulemakings that the USPTO is conducting as it implements the America Invents Act ("AIA"), the landmark 2011 patent reform legislation. The comments were drafted and filed on PK’s behalf by the USC Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic.
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November 05, 2012
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As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) continue their review of the proposed deals between Verizon, Comcast, and several other large cable companies, attention is turning to the companies' side agreements tied to the proposed spectrum transfer. From the very beginning of this proceeding Public Knowledge has focused on the ways that the side agreements threaten the public interest, in addition to potentially spelling the end of competition between wireline and wireless internet service providers.
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Yesterday Verizon and the cable companies filed an objection to try to stop Netflix's outside counsel from reading the companies' license transfer, agency, resale, and Joint Operating Entity agreements.
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Yesterday Verizon and the cable companies filed an objection to try to stop Netflix's outside counsel from reading the companies' license transfer, agency, resale, and Joint Operating Entity agreements.
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Inventors have to make substantial investments to bring their novel ideas to fruition. In order to recover the cost of this investment, inventors need to have freedom to the fix any price for the invented product. If others were allowed to make the same product, they could easily undercut this price, thereby discouraging invention or encouraging the inventor to keep his knowledge a secret. More importantly, the public would lose the benefit of this knowledge.
The patent system prevents this by rewarding the disclosure of knowledge with a patent—a temporary monopoly granted by law to an inventor. The ultimate purpose of the patent system is to benefit the public through the advancement of science.
3-D Printing for Non-Engineers: Rapidly Prototyping with Rapid Prototyping Machines
Follow @mweinbergpkAs part of our annual IP3 Awards (this year is our 10th anniversary so it is a roast!) (and tickets are still available!) we are planning on showing off Public Knowledge’s very own Makerbot 3D printer. However, we had a problem. The 3D printer works by pulling plastic off of a spool. IP3 is a rollicking affair, and we cannot be sure that there will always be someone there to spin the spool. Therefore, we needed something that would hold the spool of plastic and feed it to the printer. Could we 3D print a solution?
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As part of our annual IP3 Awards (this year is our 10th anniversary so it is a roast!) (and tickets are still available!) we are planning on showing off Public Knowledge’s very own Makerbot 3D printer. However, we had a problem. The 3D printer works by pulling plastic off of a spool. IP3 is a rollicking affair, and we cannot be sure that there will always be someone there to spin the spool. Therefore, we needed something that would hold the spool of plastic and feed it to the printer. Could we 3D print a solution?
As part of our annual IP3 Awards (this year is our 10th anniversary so it is a roast!) (and tickets are still available!) we are planning on showing off Public Knowledge’s very own Makerbot 3D printer. However, we had a problem. The 3D printer works by pulling plastic off of a spool. IP3 is a rollicking affair, and we cannot be sure that there will always be someone there to spin the spool. Therefore, we needed something that would hold the spool of plastic and feed it to the printer. Could we 3D print a solution?
As part of our annual IP3 Awards (this year is our 10th anniversary so it is a roast!) (and tickets are still available!) we are planning on showing off Public Knowledge’s very own Makerbot 3D printer. However, we had a problem. The 3D printer works by pulling plastic off of a spool. IP3 is a rollicking affair, and we cannot be sure that there will always be someone there to spin the spool. Therefore, we needed something that would hold the spool of plastic and feed it to the printer. Could we 3D print a solution?
3D Printing: Bits to Atoms
3D printing is technology that can turn digital files into physical reality. Design an object in a free program like Blender or Google Sketchup, or just use a 3D scanner to create a file. Once you have the file, send it to your 3D printer and wait for it to appear.
Like the Internet before it, 3D printing has the potential to be a revolutionary, disruptive technology. Because it allows people to create, copy, and modify objects, it will also have a large impact on our existing intellectual property laws.
Public Knowledge’s Position
Unfortunately, also like the Internet before it, large incumbents may come to view this disruptive technology as a threat, and try to call people who use it pirates and thieves. That is why Public Knowledge is focusing on 3D printing now, before Congress starts hearing from the incumbents. By highlighting the benefits of 3D printing, we hope to make Congress think twice before passing laws to restrict this amazing technology.
preservesthe openness of the Internet and the public's access to knowledge, promotes creativity through balanced copyright, and upholds and protects the rights of consumers to use innovative technology lawfully.
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