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But now that they're starting to sue each other, the oligopoly's ranks have split and patents are going to bring everything to a stand-still.
It is absolutely imperative that we all formulate our opinions in ignorance of the patents themselves. Pay no attention to the following words and numbers. Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names: 5,579,517 Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names: 5,758,352 Monitoring Entropic Conditions of a Flash Memory Device as an Indicator for Invoking Erasure Operations: 6,621,746 Radio Interface Layer in a Cell…
Didn't MS pledge not to use their patents offensively? EDIT: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/principles/osspatentpledge....
They'll only sue you if you try to make money of it: "If You engage in the commercial distribution or importation of software derived from an open source project or if You make or use such software outside the scope of creating such software code, You do not benefit from this promise for such distribution or for these other activities... Software is deemed to be commercially distributed within the meaning of this pro…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You could sue GOOG (market cap: 167.66B); or, you could sue MOT (19.91B). Which one's a softer target?
Meh, all those billions still buys a gaggle of lawyers.
If only they launched a WinMo 7 device... http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/362876/patent_protec...
It is absolutely imperative that we all formulate our opinions in ignorance of the patents themselves. Pay no attention to the following words and numbers. Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names: 5,579,517 Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names: 5,758,352 Monitoring Entropic Conditions of a Flash Memory Device as an Indicator for Invoking Erasure Operations: 6,621,746 Radio Interface Layer in a Cell…
With the exception of 6,826,762 these are pretty laughable.
But patents are complicated animals - we have to pay attention to the specific claims they make.
I am sure they are equally laughable.
Now were in the new age, where all those patents that ended "via the internet" now have "on a mobile telephone" instead.
Collecting email on your phone is patented ?
Get Fucked Microsoft, shove it up your arse
Didn't MS pledge not to use their patents offensively? EDIT: http://www.microsoft.com/interop/principles/osspatentpledge....
They'll only sue you if you try to make money of it: "If You engage in the commercial distribution or importation of software derived from an open source project or if You make or use such software outside the scope of creating such software code, You do not benefit from this promise for such distribution or for these other activities... Software is deemed to be commercially distributed within the meaning of this pro…
But doesn't the software come free with the phones?