on 22/02/08 09:59 Tim 'Linux Advocate' Smith wrote:
Why did you cite an article that you *know* is full of errors?
What error would they be?
Both of the entities he cites (the one you list, and the one you don't bother to list because you can't find any remote Microsoft connection) are entities that develop and commercialize the things they patent
Why isn't 'Intellectual Vultures' sorry I mean Ventures a patent troll?
What commercial products specifically do Intellectual Ventures or
University of California make?
What developement facilities do either own?
How many employees of either are engaged in commercial development?
What's your opinion on the 'eBay Inc v. MercExchange ruling, where eBay
is being sued for selling things over the Internet. Curiously enough
Intellectual Ventures filed an amicus brief in favor of MercExchange.
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"On behalf of many of the most important American inventors of our time,
Susman Godfrey has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme
Court in the eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange L.L.C. case set for oral
argument this term"
"Brief Amici Curiae of Martin Cooper, Raymond Damadian, Leroy Hood,
Nathan Myhrvold, Robert Rines, Burt Rutan, James West, 14 other
inventors .."
http://www.susmangodfrey.com/newsflash/newsListing.asp?id=99&ArticleID=1639
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Smith: click on the URL to read the full text .. :)
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