I think if you come up with an idea that might or might not work without proofing that it will work, cough up some cash to patent it and then let another
company do the hard work to bring the idea to life and sue them afterwards that is my interpretation of patent troll.
If you can create some kind of prototype that will proof that your idea works as advertised in the patent all the power to you.
But if you cannot proof that it works then what you did is not inventing something new, you were writing Sci-Fi and you are not entitled to receive the patent.
This is no review of existing law, it is just my personal opinion.
I think if you come up with an idea that might or might not work without proofing that it will work, cough up some cash to patent it and then let another
company do the hard work to bring the idea to life and sue them afterwards that is my interpretation of patent troll.
That simply indicates that you do not understand the patent system.
A patent must be reduced to practice before you can get a patent. It is not enough to present an idea, you must present a working example of the implementation of the idea. Some people get away with hypothetical examples, but those are easy to get thrown out if the patent is challenged.
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Think I may be in love with this.<br />
I think if you come up with an idea that might or might not work without proofing that it will work, cough up some cash to patent it and then let another
company do the hard work to bring the idea to life and sue them afterwards that is my interpretation of patent troll.
If you can create some kind of prototype that will proof that your idea works as advertised in the patent all the power to you.
But if you cannot proof that it works then what you did is not inventing something new, you were writing Sci-Fi and you are not entitled to receive the patent.
This is no review of existing law, it is just my personal opinion.
That simply indicates that you do not understand the patent system.
A patent must be reduced to practice before you can get a patent. It is not enough to present an idea, you must present a working example of the implementation of the idea. Some people get away with hypothetical examples, but those are easy to get thrown out if the patent is challenged.