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Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch |
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Sun, 16 May 2004 01:10:13 -0400 |
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In article <78fda0lbm9f88q5aq95v5ko40tivcush7p@4ax.com>,
T. Max Devlin <tmax@localnet.com> wrote:
> >I didn't say *that* lawsuit helped Microsoft. I said that the patent
> >system helps Microsoft, but it also helps the little guys so they can
> >sue Microsoft.
>
> But, of course, it doesn't, since Microsoft isn't just another company
> competing with patents. There monopoly power gives them a bankroll
> sufficient to change the rules about who wins and who loses in a
> lawsuit, even if it costs them billions of dollars. Just like any
> other property rights, patent in the hands of such an entity can be
> used to provide predatory leverage.
So you think patents should be available to everyone except *really* big
companies? Should we also deny them the right to buy real estate? What
else should we deny to Microsoft?
Anyway, I thought we were having a discussion about patents in general,
not specifically Microsoft. Would it have been OK if it had been "Joe
Schmo Patents Flipping a Light Switch"? Are patents only silly when
Microsoft applies for them?
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, (continued)
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, phil hunt, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, AES/newspost, 2004/05/14
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/14
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Rahul Dhesi, 2004/05/14
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/14
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, phil hunt, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Rahul Dhesi, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, T . Max Devlin, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch,
Barry Margolin <=
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, T . Max Devlin, 2004/05/16
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Barry Margolin, 2004/05/16
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, T . Max Devlin, 2004/05/16
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Stefaan A Eeckels, 2004/05/16
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, T . Max Devlin, 2004/05/16
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, phil hunt, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Lee Hollaar, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Rahul Dhesi, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, Lee Hollaar, 2004/05/15
- Re: Gates Patents Flipping a Light Switch, phil hunt, 2004/05/16