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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 09:34 AM EDT |
There is a big difference between protecting your own (real and specific)
inventions and forcing competitors out of the market (by/and/or) suing
them over obvious, over-broad, or otherwise ridiculous patents that
should have never been issued in the first place. Before, patents were
used to maintain competition and encourage innovation. Now, it is used
as an anti-competitive tool to lock customers in to a single solution,
punnish innovators for daring to think for themselves, and thwart/
destroy competition. That is the difference.
Companies today don't want to compete. They want people to buy their
products and shut up about it. Obvious (or otherwise ridiculous) patents
are enabling them to do so. This is NOT what patent law was designed
for, and some of us see the perversion for what it is, and that it sickens
the heart and soul of what makes this country so great.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 10:34 AM EDT |
| What will be the total cost of those Apple patents before the
record is set
straight? Or are they really original?
New
Apple keyboard patent...
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Apple
introduces the Steering Wheel
Remote Control [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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