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Re: Tom Tom Tom went the patent drums

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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Monday 02 March 2009 19:20 : \____

>    http://news.zdnet.co.uk/leader/0,1000002982,39619904,00.htm
> 
>    The patent system is not just broken, it is poisonous. It works by fear,
>    using the civil courts as cudgels in the hands of bullies. In the
>    process, it despoils its main purpose: what valid, proportionate claims
>    Microsoft may have in the rest of its case against TomTom hardly matter.
> 
>    Everything in this case is a perversion of how intellectual property
>    should be used, commercialised and shared. We salute TomTom for standing
>    firm, and urge the rest of the industry to find and stick to a fairer,
>    more sensible way of dealing with shared IP.

Shared IP, eh? So do we need IPv6 after all?



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