tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post6326720088774698510..comments2023-11-05T06:06:12.057-06:00Comments on The 271 Patent Blog: Hearings Begin in Senate On Patent ReformTwo-Seventy-One Patent Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481083706071978817noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-15739070725064701562009-03-12T19:06:00.000-05:002009-03-12T19:06:00.000-05:00"unlike TM and copyright infringement, patent infr..."unlike TM and copyright infringement, patent infringement is NOT a criminal expense that the patentee has to lay out a lot of money to sue."<BR/><BR/>In some countries like Germany it is:<BR/><BR/>http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9887955-7.html?tag=newsmapzoobabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896135106354266238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-25286990927756894322009-03-12T19:01:00.000-05:002009-03-12T19:01:00.000-05:00"When is the last time a lone free software develo..."When is the last time a lone free software developer was sued for patent damages??? Noone is going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in patent litigation fees to sue some lone free software developer."<BR/><BR/>Threats are enough to get the free guys pull out their source code online:<BR/><BR/>http://libdca.wikidot.com/<BR/><BR/>And the purpose of free software is to let corporation do money with it, be it a large one (Redhat) or my small company that does not pay (yet) the patent tax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-51856395941210252112009-03-12T17:56:00.000-05:002009-03-12T17:56:00.000-05:00When is the last time a lone free software develop...When is the last time a lone free software developer was sued for patent damages??? Noone is going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in patent litigation fees to sue some lone free software developer.<BR/>They WILL and DO sue large corporations like Red Hat (i.e. when they expropriate the property of others), but this is a multi-billion corporation, so spare me the sob stories - if they can afford to lobby congress for 5 years, they can easily afford to carry out a patent search for their products - drug companies do it all the time.<BR/><BR/>PS - Contrary to the lies written about the patent system, there is no policeman waiting at the corner to arrest people for patent infringement - unlike TM and copyright infringement, patent infringement is NOT a criminal expense that the patentee has to lay out a lot of money to sue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-26499096709200112352009-03-10T18:28:00.000-05:002009-03-10T18:28:00.000-05:00No free software developer spoke.Next time they sh...No free software developer spoke.<BR/><BR/>Next time they should organise a hearing with very small companies and ask them how they navigate the patent thicket, how many patents they read per day to know what they can do and what they cannot do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-58156957061173916812009-03-10T18:11:00.000-05:002009-03-10T18:11:00.000-05:00Only big rich companies and one CAREFULLY selected...Only big rich companies and one CAREFULLY selected professor were invited.<BR/>No VCs spoke.<BR/>No individual inventors.<BR/>No university tech-transfer people spoke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-46181556595845541562009-03-10T05:01:00.000-05:002009-03-10T05:01:00.000-05:00There is no way to have those PDFs attached to thi...There is no way to have those PDFs attached to this page?<BR/><BR/>So that people can link to them?<BR/><BR/>Not everyone has ZIP support installed by default.<BR/><BR/>It would even be better to have those PDFs as a text somewhere on a blog.zoobabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896135106354266238noreply@blogger.com