The killer with software patents is that to contest a patent infringement suit is at least a $1 million. That means that trolls can sue anyone as long as their case looks remotely plausible to an non-techie judge, and as long as the "back-royalties" are less than a million, the sued party has to roll over and pay. Notice that guilt or innocence or diligent patent searches play no role in this calculus.
--Barry On Jul 9, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I'm generally against software patents. But copyright is far more > abused .. it can be extended virtually forever. Some protection is fine, but > too much is oppressive. >
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