Comrade citizens, our more than equal elite betters are all into what is called "the keep that corporate crony big time chipping-in technique."
To allow the ripping off of stalled patents, the collective enriches crony corporations who in turn can afford huge campaign contributions.
Little small time whiners who lose their patents should be happy to contribute to the collective anyhoo.
Now, comrade citizens, let us all raise a late 60s revolutionary fist salute and render a hearty cry of "Power to the people!"

Wow. And here I thought there might still remain some small sliver of uncorrupted government. This article quashed the last hope I had. Time to start over. There's no other way.

Wow, sounds like Pendulum of Justice doesn't it. I knew the the Patent Office (PTO) purposely denied or delayed patent applications that they thought they would get political flak for. I have even had examiners tell me they were not going to allow a patent application because they did not want to see it on the front page of the New York times.

have you read Pendulum of Justice yet? it's the plot of the novel

Reminds me of how the Feds impede "unfavorable" businesses by interfering with their banking.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014...

This is ridiculous. Scary stuff right here.

As the holder of a couple of patents and many copyrights I can attest that the problem is not only with SAWS.

Hopefully the Pendulum of Justice will swing back in real life like it did in the book, but I wouldn't count on that happening in < 2 years.

The situation with the Patent Office is what's causing many Innovators going on You Tube to disseminate their ideas to the public. A number of these inventors state that they could not make any money waiting for a patent. So, it is better if everyone has the information. There will be a breakthrough and everyone who has the some skill could build it or print it on a 3D Printer. So, if almost everyone has it the government would be hard put on trying to confiscate it.