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> Just because you're not personally going to build a billion dollar chip fabrication facility to implement the new silicon etching process your research group
by coldpie 9y ago
> Just because you're not personally going to build a billion dollar chip fabrication facility to implement the new silicon etching process your research group patented shouldn't prevent you from licensing it to Intel and suing someone else that uses your invention without a license, IMO.
I completely disagree. You're now squatting on a useful technique and preventing someone else from using it even if they invented it in parallel without your help. That is extremely unethical.
- pitaj 9y agoYeah but that's a general argument against patents, not against NPE patents being enforceable. I agree btw
- ABCLAW 9y agoWhy would it be squatting if you're open to licensing your technology at a reasonable cost to whatever manufacturer is willing to implement your state-of-the-art technology? Why should the manufacturer have the incentive to fund parallel invention efforts to avoid paying such licensing fees? What if the upfront capital availability for such R&D funds created differential overhead profiles across industries, such that massive up-front R&D costs were now required in order to keep an acceptable op-ex profile? This is a bit more nuanced than 'you aren't using your patent, you're clearly a vampire'.