Comments on: Empirical Evidence of Why Software Patents Are Bad (or Good) – Part 2 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/03/empirical-evidence-of-why-software-patents-are-bad-or-good-part-2.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: P-Air http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/03/empirical-evidence-of-why-software-patents-are-bad-or-good-part-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-4455 P-Air Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:28:16 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1543#comment-4455 Brad, the following link to a post on Techdirt seems relevant to this discussion: <a href="http://techdirt.com/articles/20070308/192011.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://techdirt.com/articles/20070308/192011.shtml</a> Brad, the following link to a post on Techdirt seems relevant to this discussion:

http://techdirt.com/articles/20070308/192011.shtml

]]> By: False Data http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/03/empirical-evidence-of-why-software-patents-are-bad-or-good-part-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-4454 False Data Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:55:24 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1543#comment-4454 Thanks for exploring this idea. I'm very interested to see where this series goes. Thanks for exploring this idea. I’m very interested to see where this series goes.

]]> By: Steve Murchie http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/03/empirical-evidence-of-why-software-patents-are-bad-or-good-part-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-4453 Steve Murchie Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:24:55 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1543#comment-4453 My conclusion from being inside one of the big software guys (not stated policy, just the impression), was that the industry giants use patents as a stockpile of weapons to effect a pact of 'mutually assured destruction' in the event of a breakdown in "friendly" competition. Consider that the big guys are almost always the ones being sued for patent infringement rather than the ones suing, and that major brouhahas are often resolved amicably in ways that make us outsiders scratch our heads, I have to think it's due to some big-stick diplomacy. My conclusion from being inside one of the big software guys (not stated policy, just the impression), was that the industry giants use patents as a stockpile of weapons to effect a pact of ‘mutually assured destruction’ in the event of a breakdown in “friendly” competition. Consider that the big guys are almost always the ones being sued for patent infringement rather than the ones suing, and that major brouhahas are often resolved amicably in ways that make us outsiders scratch our heads, I have to think it’s due to some big-stick diplomacy.

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