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| author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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| date | Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:05:13 +0000 |
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| 91 not produce any goods or services; their entire business model is | 91 not produce any goods or services; their entire business model is |
| 92 suing people. Most patent lawsuits (more than 50%) are initiated by | 92 suing people. Most patent lawsuits (more than 50%) are initiated by |
| 93 patent trolls. | 93 patent trolls. |
| 94 | 94 |
| 95 ** Patents are arranged in a dependency network | 95 ** Patents are arranged in a dependency network |
| 96 | 96 Just because you have a patent on your invention doesn't mean you |
| 97 can actually distribute that invention. Normally, your invention | |
| 98 will be affected by other patents, which themselves are affected by | |
| 99 other patents. You can only distribute your invention if you | |
| 100 negoitate with the owners of all these dependent patents. | |
| 101 | |
| 102 An example: If I own the patent for table tops and you own the | |
| 103 patent for table legs, and you and I don't get along too well, then | |
| 104 the world will be without tables for 17 years. | |
| 97 | 105 |
| 98 * Google has created "neutral" patents via a pledge which attaches conditions to its patents. | 106 * Google has created "neutral" patents via a pledge which attaches conditions to its patents. |
| 99 Google has a pledge at | 107 Google has a pledge at |
| 100 http://www.google.com/patents/opnpledge/pledge/ that says that for | 108 http://www.google.com/patents/opnpledge/pledge/ that says that for |
| 101 certain specified patents "we pledge not to sue any user, | 109 certain specified patents "we pledge not to sue any user, |
| 163 instead of this pledge if they are a 'special exception'. | 171 instead of this pledge if they are a 'special exception'. |
| 164 #+end_quote | 172 #+end_quote |
| 165 | 173 |
| 166 The only way for a company to become a special exception would be | 174 The only way for a company to become a special exception would be |
| 167 for them to contribute monetairly to this hypothetical company. | 175 for them to contribute monetairly to this hypothetical company. |
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