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> On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:32:06 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>>> http://techliberation.com/2008/09/17/taxpayer-patent-extortion/
>>>>
>>>> They shouldn't be "placed in the public domain". They should not be
>>>> filed for in the first place. It's a total waste of time and labour.
>>>
>>> I disagree. With the patent litigation that is occuring these days, as
>>> well as the threat of patent lawsuits against FLOSS, it is IMPERATIVE
>>> that they file so that these ideas are on record to prevent some patent
>>> troll from filing in their stead.
>>
>> When people spend months of their lives doing paperwork just to prevent
>> being sued, shouldn't the system just be rethought?
>
> Absolutely, but until that happens, we need to mount the best defence
> possible, and that includes filing patents. Don't get me wrong, the
> system is BROKEN. Horribly so.
Which /one/?
http://technocrat.net/d/2008/9/19/49728
http://technocrat.net/d/2008/9/19/49727
Implosion can only do good for common sense to be restored.
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