Comments on: Balance of Patent Terror http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike O'Keeffe http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-50806 Mike O'Keeffe Tue, 08 May 2007 04:22:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-50806 <p>If you look at the top filers at USPTO the Japanese and Korean companies hold 6-7 of the top 10 slots every year. I have done a study looking at filing in China (SIPO) with filing in Japan as a benchmark and surprisingly few US companies file there. But, just like your thesis predicted, the US chip makers skip Japan where JP electrical companies file 10,000 patents per co. each year and make it difficult for IBM and Intel to get patent rights without having to cross license to avoid "chatter patents". It may be worth researching some more.</p> If you look at the top filers at USPTO the Japanese and Korean companies hold 6-7 of the top 10 slots every year. I have done a study looking at filing in China (SIPO) with filing in Japan as a benchmark and surprisingly few US companies file there. But, just like your thesis predicted, the US chip makers skip Japan where JP electrical companies file 10,000 patents per co. each year and make it difficult for IBM and Intel to get patent rights without having to cross license to avoid “chatter patents”. It may be worth researching some more.

]]> By: Mike O'Keeffe http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-38038 Mike O'Keeffe Tue, 08 May 2007 03:22:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-38038 <p>If you look at the top filers at USPTO the Japanese and Korean companies hold 6-7 of the top 10 slots every year. I have done a study looking at filing in China (SIPO) with filing in Japan as a benchmark and surprisingly few US companies file there. But, just like your thesis predicted, the US chip makers skip Japan where JP electrical companies file 10,000 patents per co. each year and make it difficult for IBM and Intel to get patent rights without having to cross license to avoid "chatter patents". It may be worth researching some more.</p> If you look at the top filers at USPTO the Japanese and Korean companies hold 6-7 of the top 10 slots every year. I have done a study looking at filing in China (SIPO) with filing in Japan as a benchmark and surprisingly few US companies file there. But, just like your thesis predicted, the US chip makers skip Japan where JP electrical companies file 10,000 patents per co. each year and make it difficult for IBM and Intel to get patent rights without having to cross license to avoid “chatter patents”. It may be worth researching some more.

]]> By: Kevin Carson http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-50805 Kevin Carson Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:00:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-50805 <p>I hope plenty of people have stockpiles of patents Bill Gates has infringed if he ever decides to go after Linux.</p> I hope plenty of people have stockpiles of patents Bill Gates has infringed if he ever decides to go after Linux.

]]> By: Kevin Carson http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-38037 Kevin Carson Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:00:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-38037 <p>I hope plenty of people have stockpiles of patents Bill Gates has infringed if he ever decides to go after Linux.</p> I hope plenty of people have stockpiles of patents Bill Gates has infringed if he ever decides to go after Linux.

]]> By: Richard Bennett http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-50804 Richard Bennett Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:11:06 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-50804 <p><i>Software patents are particularly ripe for abuse because software is assembled from modular components.</i><br><br>Unlike what, exactly?</p> Software patents are particularly ripe for abuse because software is assembled from modular components.

Unlike what, exactly?

]]> By: Richard Bennett http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-38036 Richard Bennett Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:11:06 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-38036 <p><i>Software patents are particularly ripe for abuse because software is assembled from modular components.</i></p> <p>Unlike what, exactly?</p> Software patents are particularly ripe for abuse because software is assembled from modular components.

Unlike what, exactly?

]]> By: Steve R. http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-50803 Steve R. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:53:29 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-50803 <p><a href="http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0507/044.html" rel="nofollow">Forbes</a> has a good article on the insanity of today's patents. (To read the article you will need to sign in.) The article is titled <i>"Patent Pirates"</i> and Forbes writes <i>"Hedge funds and institutional investors are financing the latest wave of IP lawsuits." </i><br><br>Of added interest is that the May 7, 2007 <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/" rel="nofollow">edition</a> is devoted to articles on networking. Some of the article don't require that you sign in.</p> Forbes has a good article on the insanity of today’s patents. (To read the article you will need to sign in.) The article is titled “Patent Pirates” and Forbes writes “Hedge funds and institutional investors are financing the latest wave of IP lawsuits.”

Of added interest is that the May 7, 2007 edition is devoted to articles on networking. Some of the article don’t require that you sign in.

]]> By: Gary McGath http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-50802 Gary McGath Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:26:56 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-50802 <p>Luis Villa: I'm glad you pointed out the prior art. This means Mike Masnick and Marten Mickos can't patent the nuclear stockpile metaphor. :)</p> Luis Villa: I’m glad you pointed out the prior art. This means Mike Masnick and Marten Mickos can’t patent the nuclear stockpile metaphor. :)

]]> By: Steve R. http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-38035 Steve R. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:53:29 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-38035 <p><a href="http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0507/044.html" rel="nofollow">Forbes</a> has a good article on the insanity of today's patents. (To read the article you will need to sign in.) The article is titled <i>"Patent Pirates"</i> and Forbes writes <i>"Hedge funds and institutional investors are financing the latest wave of IP lawsuits." </i></p> <p>Of added interest is that the May 7, 2007 <a href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/" rel="nofollow">edition</a> is devoted to articles on networking. Some of the article don't require that you sign in.</p> Forbes has a good article on the insanity of today’s patents. (To read the article you will need to sign in.) The article is titled “Patent Pirates” and Forbes writes “Hedge funds and institutional investors are financing the latest wave of IP lawsuits.”

Of added interest is that the May 7, 2007 edition is devoted to articles on networking. Some of the article don’t require that you sign in.

]]> By: Gary McGath http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-38034 Gary McGath Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:26:56 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-38034 <p>Luis Villa: I'm glad you pointed out the prior art. This means Mike Masnick and Marten Mickos can't patent the nuclear stockpile metaphor. :)</p> Luis Villa: I’m glad you pointed out the prior art. This means Mike Masnick and Marten Mickos can’t patent the nuclear stockpile metaphor. :)

]]> By: Lawrence B. Ebert http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-50801 Lawrence B. Ebert Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:51:20 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-50801 <p>Merely fyi:<br><br><br>a post on IPBiz</p> Merely fyi:


a post on IPBiz

]]> By: Lawrence B. Ebert http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-38033 Lawrence B. Ebert Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:51:20 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-38033 <p>Merely fyi:</p> <p>a post on IPBiz</p> Merely fyi:

a post on IPBiz

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-50800 Luis Villa Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:21:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-50800 <p>No need to give credit on the idea; the analogy to mutually assured destruction is at least as old as <a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/03/34695" rel="nofollow">this 2000 wired article</a> and I'm sure much older than that.</p> No need to give credit on the idea; the analogy to mutually assured destruction is at least as old as this 2000 wired article and I’m sure much older than that.

]]> By: Luis Villa http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/comment-page-1/#comment-38032 Luis Villa Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:21:01 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/04/24/balance-of-patent-terror/#comment-38032 <p>No need to give credit on the idea; the analogy to mutually assured destruction is at least as old as <a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2000/03/34695" rel="nofollow">this 2000 wired article</a> and I'm sure much older than that.</p> No need to give credit on the idea; the analogy to mutually assured destruction is at least as old as this 2000 wired article and I’m sure much older than that.

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