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I doubt there are many software patents in this portfolio. Most of these patents most likely cover the L1/L2 protocols for LTE and other wireless standards. The
by mindjiver 14y ago
I doubt there are many software patents in this portfolio. Most of these patents most likely cover the L1/L2 protocols for LTE and other wireless standards. These are normally available through FRAND agreements.
Disclaimer: I work for one of the companies that bought the patents.
- andrewem 14y agoI'm totally serious about this question: how do you feel about the company you work for doing this?
- mindjiver 14y agoPersonally I don't approve of _software_ patents but these ones don't bother me that much. I don't really see this different from all the other patent licensing deals we have with the rest of the (wireless) industry. These are part of the way these standards are developed (available under FRAND licenses) and licensed. If you want to bring in a moral perspective I personally feel that a bigger problem is what to do about "legal intercept" features. Especially when selling equipment to countries with regimes that want to misuse them. But lets say this included some trivial (or non-trivial) software patent and this jointly owned company started trolling a lot of individual developers and/or smaller companies. Then I would feel different about this.
- pooriaazimi 14y ago> bigger problem is what to do about "legal intercept" features. Especially when selling equipment to countries with regimes that want to misuse them. As an Iranian (whose government routinely and 'legally' intercepts everything and everyone), I can't agree more with this sentiment :)