Mainstream Thinking and its Major Failing

In advance of postings that are coming....

A giant chasm between theory and reality can not be bridged by wishful thinking. - Andis Kaulins

"Orderism" and the Proper Role of Governments

At the New York Times, Jochen Bittner writes on The New Ideology of the New Cold War, calling it "Orderism" vs. liberal Democracy.

Our own view is that:

"Citizens give up certain rights to governments and political "systems" in exchange for the protection of their interests and safety. When governments and political systems fail to deliver, they should be replaced. Law and order as the foundations of modern civilization must ultimately rule the playing field." - AK

USPTO Inter Partes Review Upheld by US Supreme Court in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee

Good patent law news from the U.S. Supreme Court!

SCOTUSblog reports that the United States Supreme Court in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee has unanimously upheld USPTO Inter Partes Review, part of the America Invents Act.

Download the no-nonsense slip opinion written by Justice Breyer at
15-446 Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee (06/20/2016)
in which Breyer writes to start:

"The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, 35 U. S. C. §100 et seq., creates a process called “inter partes review.”  That  review process allows a third party to ask the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office to reexamine the claims in an already-issued patent and to cancel any claim that the agency finds to be unpatentable in light of prior art.  See §102 (requiring “novel[ty]”); §103 (disqualifying claims that are “obvious”)."

Inter partes review enables a fast-track challenge of patentability and has proven to be a valuable tool to counteract the patenting excesses of the USPTO, which have contributed to serious problems in the patent law system.