Almost sure that if they were to patent for a time machine or perpetual motion machine they would get ot.
On Jun 1, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > I bothered to read though the patent quite a bit and though I'm not a lawyer > I was struck by the language as if they never really developed anything but > instead came up with a concept that they thought someone else might try to > implement in the future. Time has probably come unless you want innovation > to come to a halt to do a complete overhaul of the patent system. > > On 06/01/2011 11:41 AM, Felipemnoa wrote: >> Lodsys strategy may be to cause a lot of pain to google by going after the >> developers. If a lot of developers start to complain they pribably think >> that that may speed up negotiations in their favor. The real problem here is >> that the patent was granted in the first place. >> >> On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Tim Mensch<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 6/1/2011 2:48 AM, Craig White wrote: >>>> Their licensing fees were >>> purposely set low to >>> >>> > Apple and Google because those companies pay patent lawyers >>> already >>> >>> > so there's no incentive for Lodsys to get into a protracted >>> legal >>> >>> > battle that might invalidate their patent. >>> >>> They didn't license the patents to Google and Apple. That was done before >>> LodSys acquired the patents in question as part of a block of (IIRC) 30,000 >>> patents, and the only question is whether the license that Google and Apple >>> own cover the usage of the technology in question in externally developed >>> applications. >>> >>> They actually ARE trying to squeeze more money from Apple and Google. In >>> the press release about their lawsuits against developers they mention >>> being "surprised" that Apple mentioned their secret negotiations publicly. >>> >>>> US patent law sucks - >>> especially when it comes to software patents. >>> >>> >>> That much is certain. >>> >>> Tim >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Android Discuss" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
