[ale] Nortel sells 4.5B worth of patents. This can't be good.

[David Hillman]

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.

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:

> If I had to guess, the goal here is to sue Android out of existence. Is
> it good for a market when giants like these can team up to crush a
> competitor? Crushing them with a more innovative product is one thing
> but crushing them with a more advantageous monopoly position is quite
> another.
>
>
> On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 11:16 -0400, H P Ladds wrote:
> > Microsoft and Apple (and several others) come together to buy 6,000
> > Nortel patents; is there any possible way this can be construed as a
> > good thing? Perhaps they'll sue each as they try to divvy-up the
> > rights to these patents.
> >
> >
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hy96xdAe1B7P0qvWlFBC-C7hwzvg?docId=03166dd1084a4fb8a9c099a14cc6c346
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