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That wouldn't defend them against the pure patent troll businesses without products or research. Also, what would happen with the small open source developers i
by alecco 15y ago
That wouldn't defend them against the pure patent troll businesses without products or research. Also, what would happen with the small open source developers if there's such a stash of legal power concentrated by their competitors. It can turn very bad.
- chocopuff 15y agoGoogle IS a patent troll. Google is a major investor in PATENT TROLL Intellectual Ventures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/05/intellectual-ventures-reveals-investors.html http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2011/05/intellectual-ventur...
- w01fe 15y agoPatent trolls: I don't have a good answer, other than (1) nobody would be worse off than before in this regard, and (2) once the only lawsuits are from patent trolls, it may be much easier to enact legal change. (Members of the pool will be incentivized to lobby for patent reform, rather than preserving the status quo). Small developers: They just join the pool, or don't join and just don't sue anyone. Members in the pool would irrevocably sign away their rights to offensive lawsuits, so how could it turn bad? In other words, the "stash of legal power" is not concentrated by "competitors", but by "we, the people".