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To a politician, problems are seen in light of helping their most valuable constituents (MPAA, Apple/MS/Google, etc.) and themselves.
by anonymousab 13y ago
To a politician, problems are seen in light of helping their most valuable constituents (MPAA, Apple/MS/Google, etc.) and themselves.
- rayiner 13y agoThat argument makes no sense. Patent trolls aren't a valuable constituency. Apple, MS, and Google are.
- chongli 13y agoApple's done plenty of patent trolling of their own. Remember the rounded rectangle fiasco? That's all beside the point. If patents are reformed so that only big corporations like Apple can use them to attack their competitors, what really will have changed? Sure, the swarm of bees (NPEs) might be gone but we'll still have to deal with the angry bear. And what of small inventors without the means to capitalize on their innovations? What will protect them if their legal power to enforce licensing deals is removed?
- tptacek 13y agoIn the common definition, "patent trolls" are nonpracticing entities.