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On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 10:00:58AM +0000, Ian Park wrote:
> I've been involved in technical advice in patent litigation for a while,
> and the tactic which is usually employed to deal with silly patents like
> that is to wait until the patent holder sues for infringement and then
> to present obvious prior art as the defence, to have the patent declared
> invalid.
I believe that under the US system, that's the *only* path you can
take. There is no mechanism for someone to challenge the validity of a
patent directly. You can only have a patent struck down by defending
yourself from a lawsuit brought by the patent owner.
I'm not 100% certain about the EU or UK systems, but I believe they
take the same approach.
Hugo.
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