This looks like an interesting and useful endeavor.
The thing to realize about litigation, however, is that it is the result of a failure in overall technology licensing. This is a tiny fraction of the much larger value created by successful technology licensing programs. The entire chemical industry, for example, is based on successful technology licenses from technology producers to technology users. These people by and large understand and respect patents.
"Each individual associated with the filing and prosecution of a patent application has a duty of candor and good faith in dealing with the (Patent) Office, which includes a duty to disclose to the Office all information known to that individual to be material to patentability as defined in this section.....no patent will be granted on an application in connection with which fraud on the Office was practiced or attempted or the duty of disclosure was violated through bad faith or intentional misconduct." (37 CFR 1.56)
For a more complete description of an applicant's duty of disclosure see:
True value of patents
This looks like an interesting and useful endeavor.
The thing to realize about litigation, however, is that it is the result of a failure in overall technology licensing. This is a tiny fraction of the much larger value created by successful technology licensing programs. The entire chemical industry, for example, is based on successful technology licenses from technology producers to technology users. These people by and large understand and respect patents.
Duty of Disclosure
For the record:
"Each individual associated with the filing and prosecution of a patent application has a duty of candor and good faith in dealing with the (Patent) Office, which includes a duty to disclose to the Office all information known to that individual to be material to patentability as defined in this section.....no patent will be granted on an application in connection with which fraud on the Office was practiced or attempted or the duty of disclosure was violated through bad faith or intentional misconduct." (37 CFR 1.56)
For a more complete description of an applicant's duty of disclosure see:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/appxr_1_56.htm#cfr37s1.56