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"This ideation, as expressed in the patent, enabled a building block for others to build on and create more value." And right in the next paragraph... "Many i
by extension 15y ago
"This ideation, as expressed in the patent, enabled a building block for others to build on and create more value."
And right in the next paragraph...
"Many industries study the IP landscape prior to releasing a product or service and either design around or acquire necessary patent rights if they need them to do their solution."
So we need to hire lawyers to research whether we are inadvertently building on the ideas of others?
The patent trolls are now justifying patents by explaining exactly why they are unjustified.
- kabdib 15y agoBig companies tell all new employees: DO NOT GO LOOKING AT PANTENTS. Because if you read a patent, and you knowingly infringe, it's triple damages. The system is broken. You can't know what is patented because it's too bleeping risky to even look. There is no "teaching." All you can do is build up a war chest and rattle paper at people who try to come after you.
- jcromartie 15y agoThis is the core of it: Dan Abelow's "ideation" has absolutely no influence whatsoever on the tech industry. Nobody cares about his "inventions". Nobody took any spark of inspiration from Dan Abelow. But if I, sitting in a room with nothing but my own mind and a keyboard, actually WRITE THE F&#@ING CODE that is covered by one of these patents, then someone who never did an ounce of work actually implementing it will come along and demand a fee. How can anybody think that's a reasonable system?