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> ARM is, for all intents and purposes, a non-practising entity. I'm fairly certain ARM employs more technologists than lawyers. They also make actual products
by cabalamat 14y ago
> ARM is, for all intents and purposes, a non-practising entity.
I'm fairly certain ARM employs more technologists than lawyers. They also make actual products, and even if the patent system disappeared tomorrow, designing processors would still be a viable business. In this way they differ from trolls, who make nothing of value but are merely parasitic on the productive economy.
- rayiner 14y agoYou're using trolls and NPE's interchangeably. When an NPE buys patents from the inventor, that is a contribution to the productive economy. The possibility of a buy-out drives productive activity (this is the same as startups who hope to get bought out by Google, etc). Also, how would you classify this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Aerospace_Ventures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Aerospace_Ventures