bogositosius

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by bogositosius 9y ago
That presupposes a lot. Who says it would have been kept a "trade secret"? And, supposing it would have been, who's to say someone else wouldn't have come along with an alternative open solution?
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Patents don't purport to offer protection for ideas.
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Yes, I disagree. Why does/did RSA require a patent?
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Can you name any examples of "non-obvious" software "inventions" that require patent protection?
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by bogositosius 9y ago
How can a retailer ask for a PIN number on an Apple Pay transaction? They don't even know what account the money actually comes from, since Apple Pay only gives them a one-time use number for that single transaction. So how can they ve
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Yes, federal administrative subpoenas are an altogether different ballgame. Those have teeth, even when not signed by a judge. But this is done at a local level, too. New York criminal procedure law even specifically allows district attorne
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by bogositosius 9y ago
You can say it's not true all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that administrative subpoenas exist as a concept and are used regularly by governmental agencies. Your inability to distinguish between a document signed by
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by bogositosius 9y ago
I see what you're getting at. IANAL, but generally, the only purpose of an arrest on a subpoena is simply to compel your appearance in court. The judge could theoretically slap you with a contempt charge for not coming in on your own b
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Can you elaborate on your reasoning? I don't see how entrapment follows from this.
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by bogositosius 9y ago
This really just boils down to a local version of this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_subpoena Administrative subpoena. This is common practice all over the country. Funny that they quote a former NYC
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by bogositosius 9y ago
And you want to make money off software AND patent efforts. So, again, why do you think the patent is the driving factor to making money off software?
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Since when is a patent required to make money off software?
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Isn't it odd that they were able to invent the patent office without an already existing patent office? Quite a miracle.
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by bogositosius 9y ago
Ideas in the software world are essentially worthless. Execution (your ability to implement the idea) is what actually matters. So, forgive me if I'm not losing sleep over the person who has to actually do work to see "return on t
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by bogositosius 9y ago
What is a "Silicon Valley type"?