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The catch here is of course that intel is a hardware company. In 2010 alone intel received 1600+ patents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_United_Stat
by 0x12 15y ago
The catch here is of course that intel is a hardware company.
In 2010 alone intel received 1600+ patents:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_United_States_patent_recipients http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_United_States_paten...
If intel wants to stop the patent madness they could start with removing themselves from that top 10.
- kevingadd 15y agoYeah, I'm sure that if they suddenly stop filing patents, they'll have absolutely no trouble continuing to build microprocessors. It's not like their competitors will patent things (taking advantage of our brilliant new First To File system) and then take Intel to court for every penny they have...
- chucknthem 15y ago"Intel follows in the footsteps of HP and IBM, who also fund open source software collaborations with university researchers" IBM is consistently #1 on that list too
- RexRollman 15y agoCompanies almost have to own patents these day; for defensive reasons if nothing else.
- rbanffy 15y agoThe problem is patent trolls are immune to this kind of defense.
- rbanffy 15y agoHardware patents are not a huge part of the madness. Design, business process and software patents, however, usually are.
- kyleburton 15y agoAs nano-tech advances and replicators become more commonplace, hardware will face the same issues with patents and the seeming absurdity of patenting an 'obvious idea'.
- rbanffy 15y ago> As nano-tech advances and replicators become more commonplace, I think we should leave science fiction out of the legal system. It is already overburdened dealing with problems we have and doesn't need to deal with the problems we may someday have.