On 10/8/2011 7:02 PM, Han wrote:
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and literally thousands of
other examples of frivolous, 'bridges to nowhere' spending of taxpayers
money, the government, instead of a mandate, would do well to make Gass
an offer he couldn't refuse and put the patent in the public domain.

I wish that could work, but I think it'll take a Warren Buffett to do
that. At least, I haven't heard of the goverment doing anything like
that.

The government has indeed bought patents that deal with military technology.

As far as putting it in the public domain, nothing difficult about it:

"If an inventor has an issued patent, there are several ways to release
it to the public domain (other than simply letting it expire). First, he
can fail to pay the maintenance fee the next time it is due, about every
four years. Alternatively he can file a terminal disclaimer under 37 CFR
1.321 for a reasonable fee. The regulations explicitly say that the
"patentee may disclaim or dedicate to the public the entire term, or any
terminal part of the term, of the patent granted. Such disclaimer is
binding upon the grantee and its successors or assigns."

If a clowngress critter can orchestrate mandating that you buy private
insurance, surely the bar is low enough for even a clown to leap this
concept in a single bound.


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