Microsoft calls for patent reform
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft executives on Thursday stepped up their calls for reform of the U.S. patent process, saying the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office too often focuses on quantity instead of quality.
Microsoft also called for a patent system that is more accessible to small investors, and executives recommended that the U.S. Congress end patent filing fees for small companies, nonprofit groups, universities and individual inventors. "The system has to work for everybody," said David Kaefer, director of Microsofts IP Licensing Program. "It's only a system that works for the largest companies."