Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 04:25 PM EDT |
PJ, the way I took his point was that you've moved from saying, "Here's
what I think and here's evidence and such to support it, and here's the process
historically used to judge this legal concept", to saying, "These
people are doing bad, here's what I think."
You're not correcting the impression that the case was about 'rounded
rectangles'. You're not providing insight into how to evaluate a design patent,
and how they are distinct from utility patents. Or, if you are, it's being
buried under the new, higher levels of snarky rhetoric.
If this quality of commenting were what you had started the SCO saga with, you'd
never have earned the level of respect that you have.
When I first saw you were covering this trial, I thought for sure, I'd have some
articles to point the 'rounded rect' crew at so those who were genuinely
interested could have an opportunity to learn the ins and outs of design
patents. Sadly, it wasn't to be had.
Based on this trial, Android isn't at risk at all. The jury foreman, in the
interview so many people are blasting, and using to insult him by implying (and
even outright stating) his incompetence or bias, explicitly said that they
didn't find that Android infringed any of the patents at issue. It was all the
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Authored by: PJ on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 05:01 PM EDT |
And by the way, people have been complaining
about my snark from early in Groklaw's history.
I yam what I yam.
But I'll tell you this: Groklaw hasn't changed.
Neither have I. The only thing that changes is
what I am writing about. If people love a certain
company, they don't like my writing any more if
I criticize that company for some legal thing.
And every troll and shill that comes by, and
this has been true from the early days too, opens
by saying, "I used to love Groklaw, but now..."
I don't pay any attention to comments like that,
except to point and say, "Look, another one."
I most sincerely don't care who likes what I
write. I am in the happy situation of not needing
to care. We are noncommercial, so I don't care
about numbers. And I know from experience that
any time I hit a bull's eye in what I write,
people show up claiming to be long-time readers
with comments like this one.
What, me worry? I assure you I don't. Groklaw is
solid and people read it. They always will, no
matter what shills and trolls come here for. It
has proven itself and no one can take that away
with whining about how I should not be anti
corporations. Remember all the shills that claimed
I was biased for IBM? Lordy, how stupid was all
that?
You see, no matter what I write, someone will
complain, so I stopped listening a long time ago.
If you don't like it, go away. I don't care.
I am eternally suspicious of people who don't just
quietly stop reading but must announce that they
are leaving. It's a very old gambit. I've seen it
before. It was brought to my attention that the
other day on Slashdot there was a guy who left a
comment about how he used to love Groklaw but now,
blah blah, so he had unsubscribed. There is no
such thing. The only way to unsubscribe is to write
to me and ask, and nobody has done that for years
and years, during the great attack on Groklaw by
some folks who turned out to be operatives.
Trust me, I've seen it all. So when it looks like
a duck... etc.
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Authored by: jonathon on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 06:51 PM EDT |
> I've just pointed out that the attack on Linux has taken a new and
dangerous turn, using design patents and trade dress.
Sp how do we either:
* Nullify them;
* Use them against the welder;
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Authored by: sqlcompiler on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 07:22 PM EDT |
Don't always agree w/ you PJ, especially regarding the legal
system, but you are spot on in your criticism of Apple. Keep
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