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- From: Ram'on Garc'ia Fern'andez ramon@jl1.quim.ucm.es
- Subject: [Patents] Re: Patents digest, Vol 1 #345 - 13 msgs
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:59:28 +0100
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:45:23AM +0000, Edward Avis wrote:
> Each needs to be decided on a case-by-case basis, working out whether
> granting a twenty-year monopoly is economically justified.
>
This is a common misunderstanding and one of the issues why in
general it is difficult that patents work well. The examiner cannot
decide when a patent is good for the society or not. He can apply
the law only. Nothing more. Nothing else. If the law says that
a patentable invention has "to be non-obvious" (US) or "it must
have an inventive step" (Europe) and an invention meets these
criterion the patent office *must* grant the patent.
The decisions of goverment agencies cannot be arbitrary.
Ramon
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