You have a pretty dismal view of our justice system if you think the bigger company can automatically trounce the little guy. Assuming there is perceived merit to the suit, its quite common for the two to settle out of court.
On Mar 4, 7:25 am, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 4, 6:40 am, Nick Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > > But what about a lone guy working out > > of his mother's basement? What happens if he comes up with a great > > idea worth millions? He might not have the resources needed to > > implement it on his own, so in order to realize anything from his > > innovation (if he did, he wouldn't be living in his mother's basement, > > would he?). He needs to be able to shop around his idea to either > > find someone willing to help him implement it, or he needs to outright > > sell it to a company willing to make the investment in whole. But in > > order to do that, he needs some way to protect himself from whomever > > he pitches the idea to from taking it an implementing it on their own > > without giving him a cent. > > I think patents are better than nothing, but in reality, the small > guy's always at a disadvantage when a big(ger) company steals his > ideas. He can sue them, but they're most likely going to crush him > with their army of expensive lawyers. And even if they don't, the > legal costs are going to be huge - and he needs to pony this up-front, > even if he's going to get it back after a couple of years. Finally, > with a big legal fight going on, how is he going to run his business? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
