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It seems Lodsys was able to successfully patent the hyperlink, U.S. patent system has some serious problems. Patent trolling is not the only problem, the patent office granting patents, where the is no merit, is another big problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuestar_Technologies
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/05/patent-troll...
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Not just SmartPhones. This kind of insanity makes me question whether I should write another line of code for anything.
Indeed. Opening a bar instead is looking better all the time.
Then you are one the receiving end of all the bribes.
The only difference between Lodsys and large software/hardware companies like Microsoft and Oracle is the size of their litigation targets. I'm beyond convinced that the entire software patent systems needs to be abolished.
My understanding is that Microsoft hates software patents (at least when BillG was CEO), has only registered them out of necessity, has historically only sued relatively few other companies, and only done so with either real patents (non-obvious, read beyond the patent title) or as a retaliation of being sued itself. I’m sure there are a few exceptions here as there are always.
This annoys me because it is scaring off people from developing for smart phones. This patent is so vague that even if I did know every patent ever made then I would not even associate it with what patent he is claiming he has violated. Bring back Lulzsec for a day, get them to hack their systems and delete all their patents. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a patent for people communicating over the internet and…
> Bring back Lulzsec for a day, get them to hack their systems and delete all their patents. They'd have to actually attack the patent office, wouldn't they? Not to mention, I imagine that both the PO and Lodsys probably keep multiple redundant backups, digital and dead-tree.
This annoys me because it is scaring off people from developing for smart phones. This patent is so vague that even if I did know every patent ever made then I would not even associate it with what patent he is claiming he has violated. Bring back Lulzsec for a day, get them to hack their systems and delete all their patents. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a patent for people communicating over the internet and…
> Bring back Lulzsec for a day, get them to hack their systems and delete all their patents. Well, we just need to abolish patents in general. They just create reason for these patent trolls to do what they do (scam us developers) and they are extremely flawed in nature.
I remember a company filing a law suit against twitter once because they had patented the method of posting short status updates in the case of emergency (or something like that) and they tried to sue Twitter??!!?! I understand the patent and how it is applied to Twitter in general but seriously, who allowed that patent to pass??
I find Amazons "One Click" purchase patent stupid.