I largely agree with Posner about what the law should be but I have a feeling that he might be overturned on appeal for not following what the law is. Valid pa

I largely agree with Posner about what the law should be but I have a feeling that he might be overturned on appeal for not following what the law is. Valid patents are meant to grant the owner an exclusive right to manufacture or licence the technology described. Until this case I've not heard the theory that you can commercially use the patented technology without a license if the other side can't show damages. In my view Google should have been given a little time to work around the patent but to have been required to do so. Actually the only way the law is going to get changed is if it properly enforced and its ridiculousness is made obvious to the public.