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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 04 2012 @ 05:44 PM EDT |
From last November, but still important:
Study calculates economic harm from
patent trolls
"By studying the movements of the stock market, three
researchers from Boston University School of Law have found that over the past
twenty years patent trolls have cost publicly listed US product developers 500
billion US$, and the rate is rising year by year. They’ve also shown that
very little of this is transfered to the small inventors which trolls sometimes
use to justify their existence. That last part won’t surprise readers of this
website, but it’s important to have a credible document to prove these
things.
[Because trolls are just one of many problems caused by software
patents, and aren't the biggest problem either, this figure represents only a
fraction of the total harm caused by software patents]" [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 04 2012 @ 06:02 PM EDT |
n/t [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Tyro on Tuesday, June 05 2012 @ 07:24 PM EDT |
FWIW, if patent law remains unchanged, then I'd almost prefer that patent trolls
be strengthened. What needs to be weakened, or thrown out, is software patent
law. Until that happens, anything that damages those that depend on software
patents has something in its favor.
(Note that I said anything. I'm not just talking about court cases. Tornados,
hurricanes, earthquakes, arson, etc. are also included within anything. And
having "something in its favor" doesn't mean I'd consider it a net
good. That requires considering it's other effects.)
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