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Here's the problem: how do you feel about essentially donating your time and creative energy to patent trolls and defense lawyers? If at least there were some
by geebee 15y ago
Here's the problem: how do you feel about essentially donating your time and creative energy to patent trolls and defense lawyers? If at least there were some kind of public good, I could almost stomach it, but to see these vultures take away the benefits of my hard work, it would be incredibly painful. What makes this worse is that it almost seems to be a kind of roulette... but then again, that is a design feature rather than a flaw from the pov of the trolls. After all, if patents were easy to understand and predictable, people could easily see what is patented legitimately and what isn't, and sidestep the minefield. The system needs to be essentially random, opaque, and unpredictable to keep the industry stocked with fresh meat.
- technomancy 15y agoSeems like incorporating your company outside the US sidesteps a good portion of this danger. The more articles I read, the more appealing this is to me, were I ever to go into business for myself.
- bergie 15y agoYep, life as a developer in Europe is a lot less problematic, even though pay can be lower. Of course the potential downside is that a patent troll can still block your sales to USA, or even get you into the situation where you can't travel to the country. Small risk to take in exchange for creative freedom, I think.
- samyzee 15y agoexactly....the current system was not built keeping software innovation in mind!!
- rbarooah 15y agoRight, but is legal martyrdom going to change things?