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NSI, Register.com Sued For Patent Infringement
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I couldn't be more frank. This is why patents suck. No offence, John. I know you're a patent litigator, and hence, strongly support software patents.
However, while they may encourage companies to fund such technologies, they also severly hinder and inhibit innovation. Moreover, it's too easy to obtain a patent these days (Amazon's 1-Click patent or AOL's instant messaging patent, anyone?). What happened to the good old days when you had to produce a tangible, working model of your invention before being awarded a patent (like the transister or the telephone)? These days, proof that there is no "prior art," a basic design, and a few lines of code are pretty much all you need it seems.
*sigh*
Doug
P.S. Dare I say this, I'm rooting for Pivotal's majority owned subsidiary Network Solutions and the publicly-traded Register.com on this one.
Doug Mehus
http://doug.mehus.info/ [mehus.info]
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This is why patents suck ...
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"I know you're a patent litigator, and hence, strongly support software patents."
As a general rule, it would be best to state one's own beliefs, and to leave the characterization of others' beliefs to those which hold them. There are good patents and there are bad patents. There are also well-motivated people, and there are poorly motivated people. I doubt generalizations, especially "strongly" held ones, are useful.
Perhaps ISOC might work toward a more definite and reliable royalty-free position for the IETF (along the lines of what was accomplished in the W3C) rather than rewarding the creation of patent landmines in policies such as RFC 2026 10.3.3 and 10.4(D).
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