Changes to Patent Laws

Do we need them? Usually policies / legislation play catch up to the real world around them.

Check out this link: http://c4sif.org/2011/02/how-to-improve-patent-copyright-and-trademark-law/

Some of their list of proposed changes include:

* Raise the bar for proving “consumer confusion”
* Abolish “antidilution” protection
* In fact, abolish the entire federal trademark law, as it is unconstitutional (the Constitution authorizes Congress to enact copyright and patent laws, but not trademark law)

They also have thoughts on copyright and patent law.

Thoughts?