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I always wonder: Wouldn't it be much cheaper to just spend a few billions to buy some new patent legislation from congress?
by gahahaha 15y ago
I always wonder: Wouldn't it be much cheaper to just spend a few billions to buy some new patent legislation from congress?
- yuvipanda 15y agoWouldn't that be countered with several more billions from basically everyone else opposing it (wouldn't be just tech firms)?
- mingramjr 15y agohow long would that take?
- zacharypinter 15y agoI've wondered the same thing. It's not necessarily an either-or situation. If Google's willing to spend X billions of dollars on defensive patents, why not spend even a fraction of that on lobbying for software patent reform. If any company has the will and the means to do so, it would be Google.
- zyb09 15y agoWhile you can certainly throw some money behind a favorable legislation, I don't think it's as easy as making out a check to Washington DC and have your words be law. Politics are still a complicated, slow and cumbersome process.
- esun 15y agoSurely that's happening too.