On Jul 16, 11:42 am, "Phil Da Lick!"
<phil_the_lickREMOVETHISSPAMT...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rex Ballard wrote:
The bigger problem is that so many software patents have been
fraudulently obtained by unethical lawyers and ignorant (ill informed)
"developers" who think that they have invented something because it
hasn't been patented before - even though it may have been released as
OSS or Public Domain source 30 years earlier.
All in an attempt to build up an "arsenal" which none of the big boys
will ever use against each other. Which therefore can only ever serve
one purpose: as a barrier to entry against the next big thing. Imagine
what would have happened if M$ had had a massive patent portfolio
including search and recognised google when it was on the way up.
Remember, defensive patents are primarily used to keep some ambulance
chaser from trying to extort $millions from the big boys, just because
