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IBM brags about the number of patents it files implying technical innovativeness. Granted that IBM does world-class research, but that is distinct from its patent primacy.
The sheer number of patents its legal factory produces does not reflect a need to protect its intellectual property, but to usurp the patent office's constitutional charge by overwhelming it with obfuscating, vague and repetitive patents backed more by an army of lawyers than technical prowess. This has caused the patent office to degenerate into a competition crushing instrument of a predator.
Look at IBM's patents. Only with careful scrutiny can you tell many of them apart. Look at the lawsuits it files. Obvious "inventions" wielded against competing companies like a weapon. IBM can sue any it chooses. It is a predator armed with mountains of legal papers funneled through defects in patent law. - Posted by: NonSequitur Posted on: 05/08/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
IBM is usurping the patent office
NonSequitur | 05/08/07
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IBM settled its antitrust case by agreeing not to enforce patents
mighetto | 05/08/07
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All patents must die [nt]
Omch'Ar | 05/08/07
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.........
Mr_Wizard | 05/09/07
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Software pattents and Business process patents are a bad idea
CodeCurmudgeon | 05/10/07
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