At 9:07 AM -0700 4/8/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Apr 8, 2009, at 7:30 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 4:43 AM -0700 4/8/2009, Bill Spencer wrote: >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/technology/companies/09apple.html >> >> sigh. Yet-another reason to overhaul the patent system. > >Why? > >I know this is the knee-jerk reaction any time a patent case comes >up to court, but there's nothing in this article to indicate that >this is anything other than a bona-fide patent infringement case >instead of a submarine patent lawsuit abuse.
The international patent "system" is untenable. Because of treaties and such, you have to honour patents world-wide but you cannot do a truly complete search. It's a situation that the lawyers love, as it creates thousands of unnecessary lawsuits every year. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml 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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
