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Triple dip licensing? | 131 comments | Create New Account
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New, new, machine, machine, method
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 05 2013 @ 12:04 PM EDT
With lots of the patents we have reviewed, of late (smartphones), the driving of
the airwaves is done by a chip, but the protocol is done by the software. The
chip patent licence is only for the chip parts of the invention. Stick it in a
phone with software to make it a new machine and you need more patent
licensing.

It's a special type of patent madness that has infected many parts of the world
and not just the US.

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Triple dip licensing?
Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 05 2013 @ 05:22 PM EDT
>see them basically ending up suing themselves into oblivion/3rd world

At some point, it will dawn on companies that even though it is not the
most ethical way to deal with patent trolls, the cheapest and fastest way to
eliminate patent trolls, is to hire specialists in wet work, to terminate with
extreme prejudice, the lawyers that the patent trolls hire.

Alternatively, terminate with extreme prejudice, the principles of the shell
companies used by the patent trolls.

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The license for this hammer is for hitting nails generally.
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 06 2013 @ 05:06 PM EDT
It does not give you the right to build patented airplanes with it.

If you build a patented airplane using the hammer, you are the one that's going
to get sued.

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