Re: IBM bathroom patent symbolic of US patent ills

["J.A. Legris" <jalegris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 28, 5:29=A0pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:04:34 -0700 (PDT), "J.A. Legris"
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> <jaleg...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Mar 28, 4:29=A0pm, James Arthur <dagmargoodb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On Mar 27, 4:17 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
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> >> Web-Site.com> wrote:
> >> > In the past I've done a lot of expert witness consulting. =A0This yea=
r,
> >> > though, I've lost a lot of business by telling potential clients that=

> >> > their patent wasn't worth the powder to blow it to hell.
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> >> > Unfortunately I sure they found themselves an alternate "expert" who
> >> > would swear to anything for a buck :-(
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> >> That's my experience too. =A0I call it "Newton's Third Law of Experts:
> >> For every expert there's an equal and opposite expert."
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> >> Cheers,
> >> James Arthur
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> >GImme a break. Why do you think they have juries? The problem is that
> >a jury of one's peers in America is a going to consist of a crowd
> >composed of at least 50% goofy "Christians" (they're badly-schooled in
> >that too) who cannot distinguish between evidence and sermons.
>
> >But I perceive a thin ray of hope - a vote for Obama is a vote for
> >cool-headed rationalism - =A0in spite of his religion, which "thank God"
> >he keeps neatly parceled away from his public life (in spite of
> >Hillary's attempts to take him down with the rest of the Dems as she
> >looks ahead to 2012). He just *may* be able to stem the tide of
> >American stupidity before it's too late. And while you're at it, have
> >a look at Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion". Thomas Jefferson would
> >have been proud.
>
> Geeeeez! =A0I thought we were discussing patent law. =A0How did we get
> diverted to goofy-whatever-religion-gives-you-a-boner ?:-)
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=A0 =A0 ...Jim Thompson

Read the post. The problem is not the experts - they at least can
argue their positions and, like you, can probably back them up. The
problem is a deep and widespread suspicion of intellectualism in the
US, in favour of watered-down, fluffy-headed religiosity. The decay
you observe in the USPTO is a reflection of the entire society.
Obama's the first step towards a cure for the stupid "disease".
Normally I don't care much about politics - I've often thought a
presidential lottery would be just as effective and a lot cheaper. But
time's running out and you have once in a lifetime opportunity to do
it right for a change..

--
Joe