Re: NSA chooses ECC

From: Roger Schlafly (rogersc_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 11/05/03 

Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 01:16:40 GMT

"Paul Rubin" <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote
> Courts are also upholding far more patents than before.
> http://www.booknoise.net/johnseabrook/stories/technology/flash/

That article is a little dated. The Federal Circuit court is dominated
by judges with no patent background, and they are not really as
pro-patent as a lot of people think. They regularly knock out
patents for silly reasons, and reinterpret patents to have narrow
scope. They also uphold silly patents. I don't really agree that
the Federal Circuit has brought fairness and logic to the system.
It was supposed to make patent enforcement more consistent,
but I don't think it has because it thinks that it should be setting
patent policy, and it keeps changing the rules.