I understand the need for patents, but this IP gold rush isn't heading in the right direction. Just the concept of Intellectual Property gives me the shivers. Stuff that materializes in someone's head shouldn't be bought and sold like this. Then again, it's all about the money--on Wall Street and the government.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Tim Watts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim@cliftonfarm.org" target="_blank">tim@cliftonfarm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
If I had to guess, the goal here is to sue Android out of existence. Is<br>
it good for a market when giants like these can team up to crush a<br>
competitor? Crushing them with a more innovative product is one thing<br>
but crushing them with a more advantageous monopoly position is quite<br>
another.<br>
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On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 11:16 -0400, H P Ladds wrote:<br>
> Microsoft and Apple (and several others) come together to buy 6,000<br>
> Nortel patents; is there any possible way this can be construed as a<br>
> good thing? Perhaps they'll sue each as they try to divvy-up the<br>
> rights to these patents.<br>
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