I don't know if this puts me in the conspiracy theorist category or not but I always thought that the US (and the EU) were keen to issue as many patents in as many areas as possible regardless of the damage it does to the local economy. The longer term payoff is to get these patents accepted and enforced worldwide with the end result that the more established economies can live off patent royalties.
Consider that at some stage, the manufacturing activity that is currently outsourced to China will over time (at least in some cases) evolve into fully self reliant organisations with their own design, branding, distribution channels etc. with no links back to the original outsourcer. A Chinese manufacturer might create the next big thing and even though they confine themselves to the Chinese market, could find themselves paying $1 to Motorola for every unit shipped (not intending to pick on Motorola, just an arbitrary example). This would put the US/EU in a situation similar to that of Athens who used to use the Athenian navy to ensure that "nothing terrible" happened to passing trading vessels. Of course, they charged for this service and in doing so, became immensely rich at the expense of causing much resentment towards them. On Aug 7, 7:40 pm, phil swenson <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2011/08/time-to-really-deal-with-the-... -- 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.
