According to Law Professor John Duffy thousands of patent decisions handed down over the past eight years may be invalid. Wow.
His basic point does not appear to be in dispute. Since 2000, patent judges have been appointed by a government official without the constitutional power to do so. …[The] Justice Department has already all but conceded that Professor Duffy is right. Given the opportunity to dispute him in a December appeals court filing, government lawyers said only that they were at work on a legislative solution.
Read rest here.
[Thanks Paul!]
Update: I just noticed that the WSJ law blog and I have identical headlines for this story. Blah. And me thought so clever. Me wrong.
4 responses so far ↓
krunkymunky // May 8, 2008 at 10:46 am
“past eight years” = the dubya adminstration. ahahah. those sly dogs. this whole war on terror was just a ruse to distract us from the good ol’ boys taking control of the entire technology system!
you really need to put duffy’s picture up. he’s like the genius version of dan quayle.
AKSam // May 8, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Think of your headline replication as a sign that you could be a copy editor for the Wall Street Journal. You know, in case you want to be Rupert Murdoch’s bitch.
mrod // May 8, 2008 at 3:53 pm
For the right money!
Sigh.
Samuel, that’s what my life has been reduced to: a corporate ronin. OOOH, I like the sound of that actually!!!! BAD. ASS.
AKSam // May 8, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Holy crap! “Corporate ronin”? You just made my day.
And I’m pretty sure you lose public library privileges if you associate with News Corp in any way. I’m just telling you because I know how much you like to read…
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