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Authored by: Ian Al on Sunday, May 05 2013 @ 12:07 PM EDT |
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Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 05 2013 @ 12:59 PM EDT |
The destruction of whole industries is an unfortunate but negligible side effect
of the enrichment possibilities promoted by competition between vultures.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 05 2013 @ 09:47 PM EDT |
Since patents are supposedly only granted for actual
inventions, any suit in court should start with the patent
holder providing a working model of the patent. If they
can't a) the patent is deemed invalid; b) they owe the other
side's legal fees; c) they owe back to anyone who licensed
the patent all fees collected, plus interest; and d) the now-
invalid patent is considered prior art for any future
patents.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 06 2013 @ 12:54 PM EDT |
Since the means of business for these trolls is to buy patents, make it less
interesting to buy them. For instance, each time a patent trades hands, the
validity term is cut in half, and an annual renewal fee (that should be there in
the first place) doubles. So original inventor gets 20 years. When he sells the
patent it is valid for 10 years. When that company goes bust and the patent
troll buys them for pennies on the dollar, the validity becomes 5 years. Each
from the start of the patent grant.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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