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Let's rephrase the question. Will a right leaning supreme court make a decision that will potentially cost big business millions if not billions of dollars per
by spiralpolitik 13y ago
Let's rephrase the question. Will a right leaning supreme court make a decision that will potentially cost big business millions if not billions of dollars per year ?
I don't think you need a magic eight ball to answer that one.
- marcosdumay 13y agoAnd what decision is that one costing billions of dollars per year?
- spiralpolitik 13y agoLicensing of the IBM patent portfolio is routinely reported as being in excess of $1 billion annually. If Software Patents get thrown out then so will a chunk of that billion. The sad reality about software patents is while they are a terrible thing, there is too much power and money involved for a right leaning Supreme Court to throw them out, and while in the short term you might see some meaningful patent reform proposed, once the lobbyists get their way it certainly won't be in favor of the the little guy.
- hrjet 13y agoBig companies are on both ends of patent protection. Have we forgotten the Oracle+MS+Apple v/s Android sagas already?