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> ... bogus patents ... > ... honorable means ... > ... extorting money ... > ... highly questionable Can you specify what do you mean? If the patents aren'

by yread 15y ago

> ... bogus patents ... > ... honorable means ... > ... extorting money ... > ... highly questionable Can you specify what do you mean? If the patents aren't valid, Google would surely have them canceled, wouldn't it? If they are valid MS are paid for their hard work or hard work somebody else did and they purchased it. Hardly "questionable".

lukeschlather 15y ago
I'm going to assume you're not trolling: Fundamental problem with software patents today: usually it is much cheaper to pay than to invalidate bad patents.
- brudgers 15y ago
  It is also cheaper to pay than to try to invalidate good patents. The assumption that Microsoft's patents regarding Android are bad is an unsupported premise, and given Microsoft's purchase of Danger and Andy Rubin's close association with Android, their claims are meaningfully plausible on the surface.