One patent case that we have followed quite thoroughly involves Nokia and Qualcomm, where an actual embargo is the current outcome [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]. That is a very severe action that brings benefits to no-one. It is a punishment without winners. Meanwhile, no resolution has been approached.
The ITC, which determines whether imports unfairly injure U.S. companies, must now decide if it will uphold Luckern's decision. The agency has said it aims to reach a decision by March 12, 2008.
At the end of the day, as frustrating as software patents can be, remember that there are far worst examples. The video presents a protest.
Consider the pharmaceutical case a situation where patents actually kill -- a situation where commoditisation would be more humane than monetary lust. ⬆
Many sites will go offline and many social control networks will shut down once they realise or even openly admit they spend money and time gardening a bunch of bots and slop
it would rightly seem like the era of centralised "social" sites (they're not social, they're about controlling the users) is ending, not overnight but gradually
The next few years will be interesting because if Microsoft lays off tens of thousands of workers each year, there won't be much left except mountains of debt and dying brands
