Amiga 1000 helps win against patent troll...

I've talked with a number of people from large technology companies who patent anything and everything just to proactively defend against such carpetbaggers. Unfortunately, then management changes, business philosophy changes and the patent thicket gets more and more dense.... -- Ian ________________________________________ From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis [cclist at sydex.com] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:06 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 helps win against patent troll... On 14 May 2010 at 6:16, Gene Buckle wrote: 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