GIGAOM: Legal scholars are always searching for ways to improve the U.S. patent system, sometimes via sweeping changes, but big data could help provide a technological fix to a big part of the problem.
The patent system is broken — on that almost everyone agrees. There’s a backlog of applications that results in exorbitant wait times to get a patent issued, and the merit of patents that do get granted is often questionable. If you’re forced to litigate a patent-infringement suit — an increasingly likely scenario – the costs can be crippling.
