27 Apr
2003
27 Apr
'03
6:46 p.m.
On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
How about more like this.
1. Steal underpants.
2. Hire some Lawyers.
3. ???
4. Profit!!
Peace... Sridhar
In my
experience, its [patent system] primary use is as a shakedown
device to extract royalty payments. The idea is not to actually
thwart competition, but to threaten it enough that accused infringers,
fearing an injunction, capitulate and pay a royalty.
There is a neat little business process in use today by a few corps. I
call it the Rambus method:
1. Hire some lawyers
2. Get some illegitimate patents
3. Deceive lots of people
4. Profit!!!
I wonder if any company has tried to patent the process, and if so, if the
company's employees had any idea of the irony.