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Most agree that patents are a good thing. But a "patent troll" as commonly understood is an entity that only litigates. There is no value creation on their end,
by joshdance 13y ago
Most agree that patents are a good thing. But a "patent troll" as commonly understood is an entity that only litigates. There is no value creation on their end, and they are not using the patents to create value. Simply to re-distribute value from other parties to themselves.
- devx 13y ago> Most agree that patents are a good thing No, not software patents: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2552740 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2552740
- throwawaykf 13y ago1. There's no such thing as "software patents", legally speaking. 2. I'd love to know how many people voting on that poll meet the following criteria: a) know what claims are; b) did their own research rather than parroting what others say. My point is always this: if we really are nerds, we should know what we're talking about, and woefully few of us meet that criteria when it comes to patents.