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Electronic Frontier Foundation
@eff@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Remember the outrageous “podcasting patent” EFF defeated? Under the USPTO's proposed new rules, that challenge probably never would’ve been allowed. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/patent-office-about-make-bad-patents-untouchable

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF supporters to file public comments opposing these rules this week. The USPTO is moving quickly, and staying silent will only help those who profit from abusive patents.
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Carl Malamud
@carlmalamud@official.resource.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@eff if you hadn’t intervened, I’d probably be in a jail or deported for podcasting without a license. Thank you for your service.

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