i saw a project very close to this a few months back, there are issues with the patent system and the laws are even harder to overcome! i dont have a good prospect for this project, so sorry guys but it is not a viable idea!
Hey AmoreJaz! We appreciate the feedback and insight, however we have spent countless hours researching the difficulty of making this reforms. We have divided the reforms into three stages.
Stage 1: Establish user base and credibility
We will serve as a place for freelance patent attorneys to find jobs and develop our expert network. We will continue to improve our blockchain backend and the user experience. We will be creating pseudo-patents on the Acumen Network(this is to provide evidence that the technology is sound for Stage 2).
Stage 2: Amend applicable patents acts around the world (U.S. PATENT ACT (35 USC) for example)
This Act establishes the USPTO and grants the office the power to issue legally binding patents. We will need to amend this to instead grant these powers to the Acumen Network. The rest of the sections of this act outline the requirements for a patent, the types of patents, and the guidelines for proving patent infringement. These will still be applicable under the Acumen Network. Additionally, this act grants the USPTO the power to find its own accredited examiners to ensure the requirements are met. This power will also apply to the Acumen Network and by using identity verification we will use a network of accredited examiners. Acumen Network meets all the requirements established under this act.
Stage 3: Reform judicial system to include community consensus
This is a heftier goal as it includes many more changes. We plan to change how the judicial system examines patent infringement cases to ensure that patent trolls are eradicated and small companies prosper. This will require essentially using the traditional court system only for appeals and using community consensus to hear patent infringement cases. This community consensus will essentially be a large-scale and remote jury for civil patent cases. Currently criminal cases have juries so that people can be sentenced by their peers, however this doesn't work for patents since they are too complicated for regular people to understand. Under the Acumen Network, the jury will a network of accredited lawyers and engineers that have the knowledge required to hear these cases.
Obviously these are hefty goals, but "ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world [patent system], are the ones who do."
Please let us know if you have any more questions.