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charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Does the community wish to make a submission to the commission, and if so, = to which aspects of the issue? --dave On 5/31/23 09:07, Dave Taht via Bloat wrote: just when I thought it was safe to stop worrying about patents ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Open Invention Network > Date: Wed, May 31, 2023 at 7:03=E2=80=AFAM Subject: Open Source Needs You to Act - Help Fight Proposed Patent Rules To: > Proposed USPTO proposed rules will make it harder to defend OSS against bad= patents in the hands of PAEs. Fight back by June 20th. [OIN-NoBkgrd-1] [together-difference-2] Hi Dave! Open Source Needs You to Act - Help Fight Proposed Patent Rules ISSUE The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a set of proposed r= ules, nearly all of which will make it harder to chal= lenge poor-quality patents. If implemented, these rules will make it harder= to defend open source software (OSS) against bad patents in the hands of p= atent trolls. BACKGROUND & IMPACT OIN & other open source supporters =E2=80=94 IBM, Microsoft & The Linux Fou= ndation =E2=80=94 funded Unified Patents=E2=80=99 Open Source Zone in 2019.= Since then, this program has challenged dozens of poor-quality, open-sourc= e related patents with excellent success. The newly-proposed USPTO rules wi= ll negatively affect the Open Source Zone=E2=80=99s ability to challenge pa= tents, even though many of the rules are apparently outside of the USPTO's = authority and plainly inconsistent with the intentions of t= he legislators that passed the America Invents Act. They may also prevent o= rganizations like OIN and others from seeking patent reviews. If these rules are enacted, patents that slipped through the system and sho= uld have never been issued in the first place will: * Be increasingly litigated against developers and users of OSS, includ= ing businesses that rely on open source * Raise the already high cost of patent litigation and cost hundreds-of= -millions of dollars, according to an economic impact study * Impact all open source organizations worldwide that have a developer,= supplier or customer in the United States * Make business more difficult in the United States, and slow innovatio= n globally As it is critical to OSS that we help stop this proposal, The Linux Foundat= ion is hosting a free webinar entitled "Stopping Patent Trolls: Why Open So= urce Urgently Needs Your Help, Now!", on June 7, 2023 10:30 AM PDT (GMT - 7= ). To join the webinar and learn more, please register here. ACTION Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts, however brief, by selecti= ng the green box titled =E2=80=9CSubmit a formal comment.= =E2=80=9D If you want to submit more detailed comments, or have any questio= ns or concerns about what is at stake, please contact Jonathan Stroud at Unified Patents. DEADLINE Your comments must be received by June 20, 2023 11:59 PM EDT (GMT - 4). Sincerely, [Keith-Signature] Keith Bergelt Chief Executive Officer [OIN_logo_300dpi] Open Invention Network, 4819 Emperor Blvd., Suite 400, Durham, NC 27703, US= A, +1 (919) 313-4902 Unsubscribe Manage preferences -- Podcast: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7058793910227= 111937/ Dave T=C3=A4ht CSO, LibreQos _______________________________________________ Bloat mailing list Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. 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Does the community wish to make a submission to the commission, and if s= o, to which aspects of the issue?

--dave

On 5/31/23 09:07, Dave Taht via Bloat wrote:=
just when I thought it was safe to stop worrying abou= t patents

---------- Forwarded message --------= -
From: Open Invention Networ= k <emeintzer@openin= ventionnetwork.com>
Date: Wed, May 31, 2023 at 7:03=E2=80=AFAM
Subject: Open Source Needs You to Act - Help Fight Proposed Patent Rules To: <dave.taht@gmail.com>


Proposed USPTO proposed rules will make it harder to defend OSS against bad= patents in the hands of PAEs. Fight back by June 20th.
3D"OIN-NoBkgrd-1"
3D"together-difference-2"=

Hi Dave!<= /p>

 

 Open Source Needs You to A= ct -

Help Fight Proposed Patent Rules

 

ISSUE

The U.S. Patent= and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a set of proposed rules, nearly all of whic= h will make it harder to challenge poor-quality patents. If implemented, th= ese rules will make it harder to defend open source software (OSS) against bad patents in the hands of patent trol= ls.

 

BACKGROUND & IMPACT<= /span>

OIN & other= open source supporters =E2=80=94 IBM, Microsoft & The Linux Foundation= =E2=80=94 funded Unified Patents=E2=80=99 Open Source Zone in 2019. Since = then, this program has challenged dozens of poor-quality, open-source related patents with excellent success. The newly-proposed USPTO rules wil= l negatively affect the Open Source Zone=E2=80=99s ability to challenge pat= ents, even though many of the rules are apparently outside of the USPTO's authority a= nd plainly inconsistent with the intentions of the legislators that passed = the America Invents Act. They may also prevent organizations like OIN and others from seeking patent reviews.

 

If these rules = are enacted, patents that slipped through the system and should have never = been issued in the first place will:

  • Be increasingly litigated against develope= rs and users of OSS, including businesses that rely on open source
  • Raise the already high cost of patent= litigation and cost hundreds-of-millions of dollars, according to an economic impact study

  • Impact all open source organizations= worldwide that have a developer, supplier or customer in the United States=  

  • Make business more difficult in the = United States, and slow innovation globally

As it is critic= al to OSS that we help stop this proposal, The Linux Foundation is hosting = a free webinar entitled "Stopping Patent Trolls: Why Open Source Urgen= tly Needs Your Help, Now!", on June 7, 2023 10:30 AM PDT (GMT - 7).  To join the webinar and learn more, please r= egister here. 

 

ACTION

Please take a f= ew minutes to share your thoughts, however brief, by selecting the green box titled =E2= =80=9CSubmit a formal comment.=E2= =80=9D If you want to submit more detailed comments, or have any questions or concerns about what is at stake, please contact Jonathan S= troud at Unified Patents.

 

DEADLINE

Your co= mments must be received by June 20, 2023 11:59 PM EDT (GMT - 4).

<= span style=3D"color:#444444">Sincerely,
3D"Keith-Signature"

<= span style=3D"color:#444444">Keith Bergelt

<= em>Chief Executive Officer
3D"OIN_logo_300dpi"




Open Invention Network, 4819 Emperor Blvd., Suite 400, Durham, NC 27703, US= A, +1 (919) 313-4902

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