14 May
2010
14 May
'10
9:06 a.m.
On 14 May 2010 at 6:16, Gene Buckle wrote:
This is just cooler than words:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100513121121635
There is an increasing number of innovators who believe that the best
defense against frivolous patents is to "poison the well"; that is,
publish the details of your proprietary innovation, thereby making it
PD, so that you can continue using it.
Apparently, there are hired guns who will attempt to patent a
technology that you've developed to force you out of business. If
they can't patent the basic concept, they'll box you in with
variations of the basic scheme.
Of course, one can defend against such behavior, but patent disputes
are basically tort actions, usually resulting in the party with the
deepest pockets prevailing.
--Chuck