One of the things I get depressed by is the growing spread of IP protections around the world. Here is another one involving South Korea and Russia. "South Korea and Russia have agreed to launch a fast-track patent review process in November to speed up the process of securing intellectual property rights protection for companies and individuals, officials here said Tuesday." link here The story reports a similar fast track procedure for reviewing and granting patents that Korea has with Japan, with the US, Denmark, Britain, and prospectively with Canada and Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

Fast-tracking sounds good, like greater efficiency in government, but the downside is that there is no fast track for reversing patents once granted. It provides patent holders with a long stream of monopoly profits and fees from licenses. Never underestimate the power of a big patent troll up against small entrepreneurs and inventors.

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