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| Authored by: Ian Al on Sunday, June 23 2013 @ 04:29 AM EDT |
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Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, June 23 2013 @ 04:25 PM EDT |
The federal government learned its lesson when it indicted Arthur Andersen, won
a conviction, put the firm out of business, affecting 85,000 people who lost
their jobs. While the Supreme Court ultimately overturned the conviction, it was
too late, as the firm gave up it's license as Certified Public Accountants (and
no one would hire a convicted CPA firm anyway). Ever since then, the federal
government has never gone after a corporation in a way that would force it out
of business, but has either accepted financial penalties and consent decrees, or
gone after top-level people. I don't think the government thought Arthur
Andersen would go to trial, and I don't think Arthur Anderson thought they would
lose and what affect that would have. My opinion is that this case is why the
government hasn't taken criminal cases against major banks to trial, which would
likely been driven out of business quickly if convicted of a felony. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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