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Authored by: mcinsand on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 03:40 PM EDT |
If you're having an issue with me not sticking to the stereotype of the
sleazeball attorney, <b>far</b> from all attorneys live up to the
stereotype. The patent attorneys that I have worked with will not tolerate the
sort of filings we have seen in the patents that MS was using against B&N.
Different businesses might have different cultures, and mine isn't plagued by
trolls the way software is. The attorneys I've dealt with have, when asked,
stressed that they see better business in filing strong, well-defined patents,
because they are easier to prosecute and defend. One became almost threatening
in a meeting when an engineer suggested making the descriptions vague, rather
than complete and detailed.
Software is so riddled with trolls and thugs, that I suspect that patent ethics
are rewarded, rather than punished. In my industry, we regularly meet and
review current patents and applications that might be relevant. This isn't to
troll, but to make sure that we have a right to practice anything we are
planning to implement... as well as to file oppositions to applications that we
see as anticipated or already covered.
Regards,
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