Comments on: Patents Roundup: New Studies Antagonise Intellectual Monopolies, Reform/Intervention Possible http://techrights.org/2009/01/25/reform-intervention-possible/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/01/25/reform-intervention-possible/comment-page-1/#comment-59135 Roy Schestowitz Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:22:45 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/25/reform-intervention-possible/#comment-59135 But... but.. how would the lawyers make a living? <code>[sarcasm /]</code> But… but.. how would the lawyers make a living?

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]]> By: ram http://techrights.org/2009/01/25/reform-intervention-possible/comment-page-1/#comment-59122 ram Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:12:47 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/25/reform-intervention-possible/#comment-59122 My company, of which I am the Technical Director, has US Software patents. The only reason we filed and obtained a patent on a class of algorithms was to prevent a bigger company filing and ripping us off. We let the patent expire at the first expiration date so now anyone can use the class of algorithms (including us). This strategy against a really stupid patent system is less effective now since the USPO increased their fees from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. Legal fees have similarly increased. The USA would be better off with NO PATENTS instead of the insane system they have now. My company, of which I am the Technical Director, has US Software patents. The only reason we filed and obtained a patent on a class of algorithms was to prevent a bigger company filing and ripping us off. We let the patent expire at the first expiration date so now anyone can use the class of algorithms (including us).

This strategy against a really stupid patent system is less effective now since the USPO increased their fees from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. Legal fees have similarly increased.
The USA would be better off with NO PATENTS instead of the insane system they have now.

]]> By: Shane Coyle http://techrights.org/2009/01/25/reform-intervention-possible/comment-page-1/#comment-59071 Shane Coyle Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:14:51 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/25/reform-intervention-possible/#comment-59071 I've been thinking it's time to give opensourcegovernment.com (not a link cuz it's just an afd parked page right now) another attempt at being a decent website for information and discussion on government policy re: FLOSS. Wiki? Blog? News aggregation? All of the above? Anyone have any ideas, or want to help out? I’ve been thinking it’s time to give opensourcegovernment.com (not a link cuz it’s just an afd parked page right now) another attempt at being a decent website for information and discussion on government policy re: FLOSS.

Wiki? Blog? News aggregation? All of the above? Anyone have any ideas, or want to help out?

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