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Yes - but such a system would be optional and small/open-source developers wouldn't be afraid to innovate.
by nickmain 14y ago
Yes - but such a system would be optional and small/open-source developers wouldn't be afraid to innovate.
- rayiner 14y agoSmall developers aren't immune to such activity. To the extent they do business with large companies, they can always be dragged in as co-defendants. "Apple: Samsung stole our technology and gave it to LittleCo, who were are suing separately for tortious interference with a contract." The point is that if there really are so many entities just trying to abuse the system, they don't need patents to do it.
- pcrh 14y agoSmall developers are best protected by patents, which simplifies using the judicial system to enforce their rights. Otherwise they would have to use a more messy system of contracts, as rayiner describes.