2011/3/8 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Russel Winder <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> OK so let's have a data point. Exhibit A. >> http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=26aJAAAAEBAJ&dq=linked+list > > > How is that an exhibit, though? This is a patent that's obviously (at least > to us, software engineers) way too far reaching, but it has 1) neither been > tested in court and 2) nor been used to collect settlements (as far as we > know). > > Something a bit more convincing would be: when was the last time you heard > about someone receiving crazy amounts of money for a patent that obviously > should never have been accepted by the USPTO, much less confirmed as valid > by a judge? > > Maybe you're right, it all hinges on any results of the alleged MPEG-LA anti-trust investigations.
Though I'd argue that, even if the MPEG patents are found to be unlawful, the sheer amount of money sucked out of IT and into the hands of lawyers to reach that decision is detrimental to the industry. > -- > Cédric > > > -- > 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. > -- Kevin Wright gtalk / msn : [email protected] <[email protected]>mail: [email protected] vibe / skype: kev.lee.wright quora: http://www.quora.com/Kevin-Wright twitter: @thecoda "My point today is that, if we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as "lines produced" but as "lines spent": the current conventional wisdom is so foolish as to book that count on the wrong side of the ledger" ~ Dijkstra -- 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.
