____/ BearItAll on Thursday 02 August 2007 16:28 : \____
> Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Google: Kill all the patent trolls
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Google's head of patents believes the U.S. patent system is "in crisis".
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/02/google_calls_for_us_patent_reform/
>>>
>>
>> Just in case anyone's confused about who the friends and enemies are in
>> this game, Google are looking for major change, whilst Apple and IBM are
>> maintaining that there isn't anything wrong with the system.
>> Really!
>>
>
> IBM did pick up a lot of patents in the rush when everyone was grabbing
> anything available in the hopes of charging us all for it.
They recently relinquished (is that the right word?) quite a few as well. 150
for the open source community...
> But IBM did make it clear that they were claiming them simply to ensure we
> wouldn't be ripped off in that way. At the time it looked as if however
> stupid the patent idea was that it was going to be legally binding.
Weren't they getting predatory with Amazon though? Something about eShopping?
> Now it just looks like a lot of wasted money and effort because it was so
> badly done. It is hard to see it being reversed, so probably all they can
> do is abandon it.
A recent NYT article showed that patents are a waste of money bad RoI for the
shareholder.
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