Shouldn't knowing that a great many of their constituents don't know what their words mean, make a difference to those writing these SEP and other laws, rules, regulations, etc. They know exactly what they are doing. Muddy the waters, confuse the people, so it's so difficult to pursue the rights they have, that people give up, or get lost in the confusion. It is not an accident that straightforward, plainly written papers become impossible to comprehend.
Patents make it so that only the big guys can invent stuff without fear. If you invent something on your own but it is the case that someone else invented that before you already and patented it then you are breaking the law by inventing it again without the permission of the original inventor, or even if you try to invent some improvement to the original idea you need permission. There are millions of patents and unless you have a huge team of patent lawyers you can not possibly tell or find whether your "new" idea is really new or if you just broke the law
Shouldn't knowing that a great many of their constituents don't know what their words mean, make a difference to those writing these SEP and other laws, rules, regulations, etc. They know exactly what they are doing. Muddy the waters, confuse the people, so it's so difficult to pursue the rights they have, that people give up, or get lost in the confusion. It is not an accident that straightforward, plainly written papers become impossible to comprehend.
Madeline Dean is an embarrassment to the people she represents
Patents make it so that only the big guys can invent stuff without fear. If you invent something on your own but it is the case that someone else invented that before you already and patented it then you are breaking the law by inventing it again without the permission of the original inventor, or even if you try to invent some improvement to the original idea you need permission. There are millions of patents and unless you have a huge team of patent lawyers you can not possibly tell or find whether your "new" idea is really new or if you just broke the law