Patent monitoring needed

At the panel many researcher raised the need of public surveillance and independend review of the patent system. Brian Kahin cited the FTC as an example of monitoring but this is not done on a regular basis. A SME entrepreneur said his problem was that he as someone from the business needs 10 words and a patent attorney discredits him with one word. Often politicians believe the "patent professional" who does not understand his business.

Comment

This is what FFII does for more than four years without any institutional funding. FFII as an outsider monitors the patent system and tries to improve scientific knowledge about the funtioning of the System. Information tools such as kwiki and Gauss contribute a lot to take the patent system accountable and cast light into darkness.