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I tend to agree with the sentiment, but exactly what ill-intent does acquiring patents actually demonstrate?
by gnoway 13y ago
I tend to agree with the sentiment, but exactly what ill-intent does acquiring patents actually demonstrate?
- rch 13y agoThat's a fair question, and maybe I am jumping the gun with this particular set of patents. But my interpretation is in context with other patent licensing news (March 26th, 2014): http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA2P1VC20140326?irpc=932 http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA2P1VC20140326?irpc... So I was primed to read this as opening a new front in an ongoing, contemporary effort to use patents aggressively. Maybe the downvotes are a clear signal that I'm destined to be proven wrong in this regard. I guess we'll see.
- nestlequ1k 13y agoLet's see, Microsoft is extorting $3.4bil a year off a technology it did absolutely nothing to contribute to (Android). The ill-intent is that they are betting on AR succeeding too so that they can extort money off that.