Comments on: Microsoft Hit by a ‘Company… Solely Focused on Commercializing its Patent Portfolio’ http://techrights.org/2007/10/24/troll-timeline-microsoft-ibm/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/10/24/troll-timeline-microsoft-ibm/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:16:13 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/10/24/troll-timeline-microsoft-ibm/#comment-2437 Yes, I saw this type of discussion before. Still, it’s a case of fighting fire with fire, IMHO. A patent like this won’t collapse the system.

]]> By: Eric Gearhart http://techrights.org/2007/10/24/troll-timeline-microsoft-ibm/comment-page-1/#comment-2435 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:41:54 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/10/24/troll-timeline-microsoft-ibm/#comment-2435 “IBM Corp. says it has dreamed up a new method for profiting from its vast storehouse of patents.”

How do you know IBM will use this patent for “evil” and not “good”? What if IBM uses this to sue anyone who tries to be a patent troll in the future? That would be a nice hack on the broken patent system, wouldn’t you say?

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