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The US patent system getting a price hike? — tech giants look out 👀sherwood.news/business/us-patent-system-could-get-price-hike-tech-giants-hit-ibm-apple-samsung/
557 sats \ 3 comments \ @BlokchainB 5 Aug Politics_And_Law
President Trump floated a major change to the way America protects private intellectual property rights, which could hit IBM, Apple, Google, and others hard
According to The Wall Street Journal, Commerce Department officials are weighing a new model that would charge patent holders 1% to 5% of a patent’s overall value each year. The goal? Raise billions of dollars to help reduce the nearly $2 trillion annual national deficit.
If enacted, it would mark a sharp break from the 235-year-old system, where inventors pay a series of fixed fees — typically around a few thousand dollars — regardless of the patent’s “worth.” Under the proposed model, annual fees could balloon for companies with large portfolios of high-value patents, like those in sectors such as semiconductors, AI, or biotech.
Indeed, the largest patent holders are already getting thousands of patents granted every single year.

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Talk about coming after big tech and making them pay their “fair share” I am shocked to see such a proposal come out of a Republican captured government. Odds of this happening are at zero’ hey @mega_dreamer add this to predxy 😁
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181 sats \ 2 replies \ @mega_dreamer 5 Aug
Yes a good one have it on Predyx.
So something like this:
Market Question: “US Patent System gets a price hike by 2026?”
Description: The U.S. government is considering a major overhaul of the patent fee model. According to The Wall Street Journal, Commerce Department officials are weighing a plan that would charge patent holders 1% to 5% of a patent’s overall value annually—departing from the traditional fixed-fee system in place for over 235 years. If implemented, this change could massively increase costs for companies like IBM, Apple, and Samsung, which hold thousands of high-value patents across AI, semiconductors, and biotech.
Resolution Criteria: This market will resolve “Yes” if, by December 31, 2026, the U.S. federal government enacts a law or regulation that introduces a variable annual fee based on a patent’s value (e.g., a percentage of assessed or declared value) instead of—or in addition to—the traditional fixed-fee structure. The new pricing model must be active and enforceable (not just proposed) before the resolution date.
This market will resolve “No” if no such change is enacted and in effect by the deadline, even if it is under discussion or proposed in draft form.
Primary Resolution Sources: • Official rule or law published on federalregister.gov • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) official fee schedule • Commerce Department announcements • Credible reporting from sources such as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, or Reuters confirming implementation
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51 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB OP 6 Aug
Yes looks good to me
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49 sats \ 0 replies \ @mega_dreamer 7 Aug
Here you go: https://beta.predyx.com/market/us-patent-system-gets-a-price-hike-by-2026-1754556789
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