tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post6435646805952995449..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Fabbers: Mega-Damage by Micro-PatentsGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-48235480516335684002011-01-17T06:44:23.052+00:002011-01-17T06:44:23.052+00:00@drkoepsell: thanks - sounds fascinating.@drkoepsell: thanks - sounds fascinating.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-40080526866794178332011-01-17T01:34:58.620+00:002011-01-17T01:34:58.620+00:00Hi Glyn,
You will probably be interested in my ne...Hi Glyn,<br /><br />You will probably be interested in my new book on this subject, due out this spring: http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Nanotechnology-Converging-Technologies-Intellectual/dp/1849663432/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1283593400&sr=1-2Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05018243335902307150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-82773261808275472932011-01-16T09:28:00.100+00:002011-01-16T09:28:00.100+00:00@softwarevisualization: yes, I agree - we need to ...@softwarevisualization: yes, I agree - we need to get politicians to understand the damage these laws do. Non-trivial task, alas...Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-51878445837959910202011-01-16T07:14:50.911+00:002011-01-16T07:14:50.911+00:00If you're a programmer, do you sit in your hou...If you're a programmer, do you sit in your house and worry as you type code that you just broke another patent? <br /><br />Neither will fabbers. <br /><br />They'll just make what they need or want for themselves.<br /><br />Anyone trying to stop them would be in for a fight they never asked for since it would be akin to enforcing patents on sewing or cooking. <br /><br />Bad law breeds contempt for the law. That's the real danger of software and other digital patents. <br /><br /><br />Despite the fact that it's only big business and wanna-be big business that wants software patents, since they can't compete in the market otherwise owing to their bloated slow size, it will STILL be seen as "big government" screwing everything up. <br /><br />"Big government" seemed to be doing OK with digital goods and services.. we got the internet, operating systems, word processors databases all without software patents. Then Microsoft and IBM and a certain David Phelps IP Attorney get the idea that could could exclude innovative companies from the marketplace via patents. <br /><br />This is all case law courtesy of the CAFC. Congress has never pondered software patents at all. Case law, or law created through court decisions, is well known as the weakest kind of law. It holds until Congress or SCOTUS turns its sites on the issue and decides what's what. Then the existing case law is moot. <br /><br />Its up to you to participate in your democracy. Your Congressional member needs to hear from you on this topic. BE coherent, brief and let them know you're trying to do business in their district and state.<br /><br />Without you actually saying something to them, IBM and Microsoft will continue doing what they do best- making money by destroying the innovation. <br /><br /> <br /><br />The problem isn't government. The problem is big businesses which have captured the Federal Circuit -CAFC, and the Eastern District of Texas and turned them into ideological allies. <br /><br />The problem is lobbyists footed by Microsoft and IBM who prevail on your Congressmen and play upon their ignorance and need for campaign contributions. <br /><br />Want a better patent system? When was the last time you wrote your Congressperson? Want better government? Publicly fund elections and get lobbyist and special interest money out of politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com