On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 23:42, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 23:15, Lindsay wrote: > > Patents > > The only way to fight back against these software patent advocates is to > > think up idea's, get together with friends and supporters and patent all > > your idea's. That way, when these multinational rat-bags go to patent > > an idea - you've already done it. > > > > Its cheaper to patent things than it is to object to the patents. So > > why not. Get a good patent lawyer and hoe into it. > > True, but if you are going to get anything out of it you have to be in a > financial position to be able to defend your patent in a hostile country. > Even British Telecom could not get their patent for hyper-links upheld in > the USA.
Precisely. Patents are only as strong as their defense. If you've invented something, and someone can steal your ideas and you can't defend your patent on that invention, you've wasted your time, your money, and everything else. That's one of the things that struck me most forcefully in 1993, when I thought I had something to patent. If I couldn't defend my pantent, then there was no use patenting it. > > imho The whole patent, licence and the 'intellectual property' system > generally is flawed, and needs urgent overhaul. Most importantly disputes > between parties in different countries need to be held in international > courts. Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
