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Wow was that off topic. Guy A: "Doesn't Amazon get software patents mainly to protect themselves rather than enforce them?" Guy B: "Here's a long, extensive l
by mattmaroon 17y ago
Wow was that off topic.
Guy A: "Doesn't Amazon get software patents mainly to protect themselves rather than enforce them?"
Guy B: "Here's a long, extensive list of actions by other companies proving that software patents are evil!"
Sometimes I think people need to drink less Kool-Aid.
- Create 17y agoRead B again, and recognize that there is no such thing as a software patent "mainly to protect themselves". Consider the patent portfolio effect right from the first, wsj quote.
- mattmaroon 17y agoThat you can find examples of people abusing patents is not proof that all patents exist to be abused.
- gridspy 17y agoIt is hard to tell either way until the engineers in a startup have created the "infringing" technology and it is well established in the marketplace.