Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> IP Innovation v Red Hat and Novell - 1 Year Later
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> | The fact that patent litigation follows this process explains
> | something I noticed. Guess who else IP Innovation has been suing in
> | Texas in addition to Red Hat and Novell? Google and Apple [PDF] and
> | Dell [PDF], but Apple got all claims against it, regarding the '412
> | patent, dismissed in mid-June, without even having to file an
> | answer.
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> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20081010043532860
I don't think obvious patent Trolls like this should just be rebuked and
dismissed. AFAIAC they are criminals who need to be actually punished; I
mean /really/ punished as felons ... with scam-crushing fines and actual
jail time. It's not like there can be any ambiguity about what gangsters
like IPI LLC are up to. Would the American justice system simply brush a
lottery scammer or bait'n'switch conman to one side, or pursue them with
a sharply-ground axe?
Should I even bother asking, given how misaligned US justice is with the
tenets of morality these days?
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| weeks after initial exposure to Lisp." ~ Constantine Vetoshev
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