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I disagree about your conclusion of SEP Patent Pools

Authored by: Ian Al on Thursday, January 03 2013 @ 11:22 AM EST

I can see how you came to that conclusion. I know that there are patent pools to
protect, for example, open and free software. That is not patent misuse.

However, for such a pool, there is no such thing as essential patents. There are
only useful patents that provide powerful protection.

Since the essential patents are not the essential patents in the standards that
patent pools are targeting, they must be essential for patent misuse against
implementers of the standards.

If you can come up with another essential patent type that is not intended for
abuse, I will rethink my post.

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Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid!

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

SEP = abuse { I simply do not agree with that equation - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 03 2013 @ 12:27 PM EST
- What are essential patents? - Authored by: Ian Al on Friday, January 04 2013 @ 05:27 AM EST
  - You lost me on part - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, January 04 2013 @ 04:34 PM EST
    - Trawling - Authored by: Ian Al on Saturday, January 05 2013 @ 06:58 AM EST

I disagree about your conclusion of SEP Patent Pools

Authored by: Gringo_ on Thursday, January 03 2013 @ 11:53 AM EST

A patent pool is a tool.
I learned that while in school.
Good old boys have these toys
To make the upstarts beg and drool.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Which is exactly why I would demand an explicit patent list! - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, January 03 2013 @ 12:29 PM EST

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