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| Authored by: R.A.G. on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 10:51 AM EDT |
The corporations appear to be addicted to patents. The more they get the more
they need to aquire. The addiction cannot be satisfied.
Maybe, like other addictions, they need to hit Rock Bottom before they can admit
they have a problem and start folowing the steps necessary to recover from their
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| Authored by: cybervegan on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 11:10 AM EDT |
Looks to me that it's the only way the system will be fixed, or that Europe and
the UK (where I live) will see what a mess Software Patents cause, and legislate
accordingly. However, I suspect that lobbying will now step up in the hope of
driving through "reform" before that happens!
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Software source code is a bit like underwear - you only want to show it off in
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 11:44 AM EDT |
PJ,
That's exactly what I want now. Resistance has proven
futile.
Basically, there is an analogy in the martial arts:
Rule 1: Be peaceful.
Rule 2: If one is thrust into a conflict, first seek
peaceful resolution. Or run.
Rule 3: If neither peaceful resolution nor running work, use
skills to employ one's opponent's energy against them.
Basically, the software community practiced rules 1 and 2
for a very long time. However, those days are now over. It
is now time to employ rule 3 and help the opponents to a
dose of their own undesirable energy.
In this case, I want Interval to win so that Apple deeply
feels the pain of the patent aggression they chose
(actually, it was Steve's doing, but the company was
completely supportive of him and now owns it as a result of
Steve's death). The sooner the "USA cool kid" (according to
the US press) gets his butt handed to him by the USPTO and
the US Federal Court system, the sooner the US Congressional
fad following vote seeking idiots will put their focus on
making changes.
The only problem I see with this particular pathway is this.
What the US Congress ends up doing in terms of a solution
could actually be worse than the current problem. Ugh!
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| Authored by: stegu on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 04:24 PM EDT |
Thanks for your concern, PJ. :)
I will not fall to the dark side, I promise you that,
but I really would like to see Apple squirm over
this case, or some other case like it, and be forced
to change their view on patents. They still make stuff,
so they are vulnerable to trolls, and the only way to
make them understand might be if they feel more pain
than they can inflict on others.
I take no particular pleasure in seeing Apple suffer,
but I would be lying if I said it bothers me, and if
patent lawsuits driven by greed run out of control,
it is more likely we will see a remedy of some sort.
This goes both for Apple in particular and the system
in general. Greed has a way of blinding those who are
victims to it, and make them run headlong into disaster.
I smell a train wreck happening.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, September 04 2012 @ 11:27 PM EDT |
If the state or federal department of revenue could tax patent aggression, then
I'd be all for expanding it. A tax on the order of 25% of the damages being
sought, is due and payable before the trial is heard. And if the plaintiff
loses, well tough luck.
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