I'm sorry, Agree, but I have to disagree with you.
We have no need of
a Devil's advocate here. We have
people like FM who play that role better than
this poster
ever could. Beyond that, have you not notice that the press
goes
out of its way to portray these cell phone patent wars
as just companies
fighting it out in the marketplace,
without providing the essential perspective
that makes a
shame of their "neutral" point of view? Believe me, it is a
shame. There is a battle under way to destroy Google, Open
Source, and
Android, and I don't think we should ever let
people forget that for a single
moment.
What value is there in "presenting a rounded view", when
that
view coincides with FUD promoted by Microsoft and
Apple? On the contrary, I
think there is enough confusion
out there that we don't need to propagate it
here too.
"No litigant is 100% right with their arguments." Duh -
of
course not. These cell phone patent wars aren't about who
is right or wrong.
They are about powerful and corrupt
companies (Apple & Microsoft) who think
nothing of employing
a broken patent system to destroy their
competition.
The court room dramas we watch unfolding are only one
front of that war. Like an iceberg that is 9/10ths under
water, we rarely see
much of the battle field beyond what is
fought in the courtrooms. The rest of
the battle takes place
behind closed doors, in the offices of Senators and
Congressional reps, where the battle is fought by lobbyists
bearing bribes.
The same battle takes place in the corridors
of power everywhere in the world,
the EU countries and
elsewhere.
"This posting makes a lot of sense,
whether we like it or
not." What makes sense in his posting, besides that which
I
already acknowledged - the inappropriateness of saying
patents are "donated"
to SEPs? Even with that, we are
informed by another poster here that is the
actual wording
used by the RAND accords.
"A judge or a juror might
indeed like it. If we do not at
least consider it, we are flying
blind."
Perhaps you haven't considered it, but I thought the
views of
the "other side" were obvious, since we see it in
the press every
day.
"Just because you do not like the posting is no reason to
ask the
man to take a hike."
I suggested he might be happier elsewhere. From the
vitriolic tone of his post, I could easily predict that he
will continue to be
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