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Not to be melodramatic, but as someone still in a day job this whole patent mess seriously does discourage me from taking the leap and risking everything to try
by Lasher 14y ago
Not to be melodramatic, but as someone still in a day job this whole patent mess seriously does discourage me from taking the leap and risking everything to try to invent something meaningful only to get hit with a patent troll lawsuit just as we start to find our feet.
- angersock 14y agoIt's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
- talmand 14y agoAs long as your candle isn't bright enough to attract the attention of trolls hiding in the darkness.
- mdkess 14y agoThat's an excuse if I've ever heard one. You would be so lucky to get sued. "I'd be a famous musician, but I'm worried about the publicity."
- talmand 14y agoBeing famous doesn't cost a musician money. Sure, he would be "lucky" to be in a position of potentially losing his business and/or idea in the course of defending it. There's potentially a huge cost even if he were to win.
- m8urn 14y agoSorry, I believe being in a day job is patented also.
- nekojima 14y agoDespite the massive evidence of prior art, it was found not to be original and the patent was granted.
- tomjen3 14y agoDon't worry. The patent trolls only come after you earned a lot of money (who wants to sue a poor company) at which point you should be able to throw enough money at some lobbyist in dc to make the issue go away.