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This concept should be extended to IT as well
How much more would innovation be served if it were freed of the 'threat' of lawsuits from those speculative companies who 'mine' 'traditional' IT concepts? Microsoft has literally thousands of patents and is 'lying in wait' to nail the first set of deep pockets that might (unknowingly) venture into MS's turf. Other firms have been built around the sole 'service' of buying up (making up!) patents, then sitting on them until another party (like RIM/Blackberry) has, through substantial research and investment, built a tremendously successful enterprise, only to then be slapped with infringement suits.
Posted by: cyberian_z   Posted on: 12/28/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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This concept should be extended to IT as well  cyberian_z | 12/28/05
Patentability  bigpicture | 01/04/06
Well formed  GrosserGnu | 01/04/06
Well, not for music and such...  elvinhaak1 | 01/05/06
Wrong wrong wrong...  daver_z | 01/05/06
Patents should be outlawed.  Narg | 01/04/06
That is so wrong.  maldain | 01/04/06
Dubuious statements here  mbrierley | 01/09/06
You are a fool!  ken@... | 01/04/06
You're so right  daver_z | 01/05/06
Patent exploitation of established knowledge  danarid@... | 01/04/06
Message has been deleted.  slack9999 | 07/13/06
Patent law needs a complete rewrite  Fujikid | 01/04/06
Amen, brother!  daver_z | 01/05/06
Evils of Capitalism  Ngallendou | 01/05/06
You're absolving the perpetrators from responsibility or guilt  daver_z | 01/05/06
Music  pkrdk | 01/05/06
Not necessarily  daver_z | 01/05/06
But wait! Patents provide the incentive to spread this valuable knowledge  daver_z | 01/05/06
wrong, wrong, wrong  Cyber_Spy | 01/09/06
Message has been deleted.  slack9999 | 07/13/06
"Prior Art"  nevtxjustin@... | 01/09/06
Message has been deleted.  slack9999 | 07/13/06
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