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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 07:39 PM EST |
How can it teach with convoluted language? [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Ian Al on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 03:55 AM EST |
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Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: ukjaybrat on Monday, December 03 2012 @ 11:08 AM EST |
I once worked for a company that built a brand spankin new science research
facility. They had a star gazing dome theatre (primarily for outreach purposes).
Anyhow, they wanted to get grant money for a laser light show. After they were
denied the first time, they reapplied for a "Device to generate Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation of Varying Electromagnetic
Wavelengths" ... or something like that. One year later i was watching an
awesome laser light show.
The convoluted language is the only way to get what you want. In my example it
got an application for a lightshow past a paper pusher that didnt know what
LASER stood for. In a patent, it can take your relatively worthless patent and
allow you to use it in litigation over various angles because your vagueness has
allowed it to encompass things you hadn't originally intended it for.
I don't particularly think it's moral, but i did get an awesome laser light show
out of it. Apple may or may not believe what they are doing is moral, but they
are gaming a system that is in serious need of an overhaul and they are making
money. That's all that matters to them.
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