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Vote For GA resolution Repeal "Foreign Patent Recognition"


General Assembly Vote Recommendation

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Resolution at Vote: Repeal "Foreign Patent Recognition"
Vote Recommendation: For

Ministry Review
Written by Malashaan Colony:
"For [the target resolution] to even have a chance of being functional, it would need to provide far tighter definitions of the terms. There are so many ways this could be abused. For example, there is apparently nothing to stop the old school practice of "submarining," where a patent application and examination process extends over many years, enabling a member to state to issue patents on unpatented technologies long after invention. Every other member state would then be required to recognize the patent from the first member state for 10 years. This, among other reasons, is why the standard in patent systems around the world is now to measure the lifetime of a patent from when it was filed, not when it issues.

"In short, this is an absolutely terrible piece of legislation that attempts to deal with incredibly complex and nuanced issues in a handful of (poorly conceived) paragraphs."

For all these reasons, we recommend a vote for the repeal, to remove the troublesome legislation from enforcement.

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This recommendation was originally published on 2016-08-21. It was reposted as this dispatch for archival purposes.



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