> Company I am not allowed to disclose.
Aren't patents supposed to be public information ? One of the (rather hollow in practice) justification for patents is to (also) encourage eventual disclosure of knowledge.
Aren't patents supposed to be public information ? One of the (rather hollow in practice) justification for patents is to (also) encourage eventual disclosure of knowledge.
Private agreements can restrict a person's comment on things without regard to whether the information is already public.
I disagree.
It's important that people be able to determine whether the patent is in use or held by an NPE that's obligated to license it to people who want to implement products.
Were I to want to work in motion capture, I have no way to ascertain who owns your patents, if they're an NPE, and what possible licensing options exist.
I think patent owners should be forced to register with the patent office in a look-up table if they want to hold their patents.