Even WSJ readership thinks this is ludicrous
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| BernardSwiss Dec 20, 2011 9:43 PM EDT |
Going by the comment section attached to the article, even the Wall Street Journal's readership sees these patents as trivial, old news (ie. pre-existing art), and yet another sign that the patent system (at least regarding software) is badly broken. |
| helios Dec 21, 2011 6:54 AM EDT |
And THIS is where the weight of an outdated patent system is going to be felt. I get the impression that the US courts will tolerate this lawsuit nonsense for eternity. But when you start screwing with the consumer and what she wants, then it might start making a difference. I just hope HTC won't roll over like the rest of the manufacturers. Apple needs girl-slapped into reality. |
| gus3 Dec 21, 2011 9:49 AM EDT |
I doubt that too, helios. Nobody stopped the illegal car warranty robo-calls a couple years ago, until they called a legislator's phone. That's what got them shut down, not the tens of thousands of complaints like mine that the FCC got. |
| JaseP Dec 21, 2011 10:50 AM EDT |
Yep you have to buy, or tick off, a high ranking politico to get anything done any more ... |
| BernardSwiss Dec 21, 2011 8:13 PM EDT |
What I was try to suggest (admittedly rather obliquely) is that even "pro-business" folk are starting to sneer at the current US Patents situation. I wonder how high up the hierarchy this understanding penetrates, and what it might signify in the longer term. |
| JaseP Dec 22, 2011 11:03 AM EDT |
Buy a scale (like the "Lady justice" kind), and weigh the money from one side against the money from the other, ... and that's how to determine when things will change. |
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