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How many of these ridiculous lawsuits will it take before lawmakers realize how bad software patents are? This will waste a lot of time and money for something

• hfs 14y ago
  Why would lawmakers care about something that doesn't affect them at all? It's going to take a lawsuit against a company that actually affects them to have any action taken, and I can't think of anything off the top of my head that is actually in danger of that.
• genwin 14y ago
  The more lawsuits the better for the lawmakers, who get campaign cash from both sides of the issue. Frivolous patents is somewhat a campaign finance problem.
• CamperBob2 14y ago
  The question you have asked is equivalent to another: "How many of these ridiculous wars will it take before arms manufacturers realize how bad violence is?"
• jcfrei 14y ago
  the more "ridiculous" lawsuits there are, the higher the incentive for lawmakers to keep those laws (since working in the state legislature is probably not their only source of income and law students probably compose by far the largest group in washington and in state parliaments)