Patent monitoring service launched by Microsoft

With inventions over inventions happening on a fast basis, to track whether the invention has already been made becomes a pretty daunting task. To tackle this, microsoft has come up with the Internet-based automatic patent monitoring service that will help in tracking various patent registers in North America and Europe and track changes. 

Now that anyone can have an access to accessing the patent details, there is a high probability of the 'sue' game to happen. But Google has promised that they wont sue any user who uses the open sources software unless they sue Google!

The patent tracking idea was released in February, but the expected release day is 1st of April.  A press release by the Microsoft website said "“Microsoft is committed to responsible intellectual property management, including the creation of a healthy patent ecosystem around the world that promotes and encourages innovation. One component of a well-functioning patent system is clarity around what entity is the real party in interest for a particular patent. Increased transparency around ownership reduces the likelihood of opportunistic behavior and gamesmanship by patent holders and helps facilitate licensing.”

Will have to wait and see how the idea pans out to be!