"" Patent speculation house "measure the topic of fire emergency" - - Intel judicial affairs charge staff emphasizes

The judicial affairs charge executive vise President of the United States Intel, as for blues swell person October 22nd, Washington D.C. "The American IT industry from here several years" patent speculation house "has been caused many lawsuit so in the patent reformation forum which is held. The national assembly should correct the problematical point of the current patent system urgently ", you said.

According to the swell person, the American IT vendor past was caused the patent infringement lawsuit of 193 cases at 21 month, that the among 70% of those the patent speculation house, in other words "the group which buys patent with the purpose which appeals the vendor" was the plaintiff, it is thing. Contrast, the case where the medicine manufacture company has become the defendant of patent infringement lawsuit in this period furthermore calls 24 cases to be no more than 28 cases, that it was disputed at competitive enterprise.

The swell person in order to solve the problem of the patent speculation house which is called "patent trawl", said in the same forum that reformation of the patent lawsuit system is urgent business. Presently, unless the legitimate inventor it becomes disadvantageous, the same person it emphasizes the patent reformation bill where deliberation is discontinued at the Senate. "It is not problem apparent to have done all patent infringement lawsuits, the patent which collects accusing enterprise in the weapon, the speculation house group which aims for a catching lot of money is problem,", (the same person)

On the one hand, that "quite the harsh bill where biotechnology industrial association (BIO) judicial affairs charge assistanconcerning the patent reformation bill which passes the House of Representatives in the September this year, confronts patent" is the unpleasant impression has been shown. The bill which is deliberated at the Upper House is in a state where it has gotten stuck bio industry and medicine manufacture industry, the inventor, with the resistance from part Union.

With the patent reformation bill of the House of Representatives, it reaches the point where the amount of damage the courthouse in patent infringement suing can be appraised softly, it is supported from the group of major IT vendors such as Microsoft and IBM. With existing law, inserting product value of the whole that in consideration, it judges the courthouse even with when just extremely portion of the product has infringed patent generally, but with the same bill, it reaches the point where amount of damage is appraised on the basis of just the value of the infringement part.

"It is not the case that all patents have the same value. Criticality inside the product, it differs in the respective patent ", that the swell person points out. If with the same bill, after the granting the patent it is within 1 year, it can also state objection vis-a-vis that patent.

"As for modification of the patent system there is a possibility of obstructing the innovation. The desire which in the future advances the innovation in medical industry is not unable to decline ", thatns. "Although 30 years later, iPod 10 becomes dollars cheap, the possibility thremedy appearing 10% is not unable to come to the point of either decreasing", that the same person.

As for patent charge attorney an& thel office which sponsor the patent forum, as for estimating the influence of the patent reformation bill you say that it is difficult.

The swell person, that "small industry" of the patent speculation house was born, vents dissatisfaction. "Such industry furthermore the consideration which it tries not to be born is necessary", (the same person)

According t the American Supreme Court makes rule here several years, concerning the problem regarding patent, says that it is the schedule where also the American patent trade mark bureau decides new rule to end of this year. In such rule modification, by the fact that it joins to the bill which takes a second look system the whole patent, "it means that extensive reformation is done at one time", (the same person) with you say.

But bio industry anyhow when it is necessary reformation, for IT industry the swell person you talk. When ", it does not change the system which does not have especially problem from the vendor which it is satisfied with present condition and the て is good voice is heard. But assuming, that there is no problem, for them just problem for the other many vendor, ", (the same person)