http://techliberation.com/2009/01/26/patent-solipsism/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 16:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/01/26/patent-solipsism/comment-page-1/#comment-57736 Boycott Novell » Patents Roundup: Disintegration, EU in a Limbo, Applecrosoft Patents and Scientists’ Rebellion Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:54:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15901#comment-57736 <p>[...] monopolies is becoming too broad and loud to cover exhaustively and one site promptly contends that the system is broken, citing Techdirt among other sources that are like-minded. I’ve been thinking a fair amount [...]</p> [...] monopolies is becoming too broad and loud to cover exhaustively and one site promptly contends that the system is broken, citing Techdirt among other sources that are like-minded. I’ve been thinking a fair amount [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/26/patent-solipsism/comment-page-1/#comment-65908 Richard Bennett Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:25:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15901#comment-65908 <p>Use vi? Really?<br><br>Yuck.</p> Use vi? Really?

Yuck.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/26/patent-solipsism/comment-page-1/#comment-61754 Richard Bennett Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:25:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15901#comment-61754 <p>Use vi? Really?<br><br>Yuck.</p> Use vi? Really?

Yuck.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/26/patent-solipsism/comment-page-1/#comment-57689 Richard Bennett Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:25:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15901#comment-57689 <p>Use vi? Really?<br><br>Yuck.</p> Use vi? Really?

Yuck.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/26/patent-solipsism/comment-page-1/#comment-57683 MikeRT Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:52:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=15901#comment-57683 <p>Patent scholars also don't usually understand how little it costs to make a major new product in this industry compared to the industries that really depend on patents for product protection. For example, it's true that Sun and Microsoft have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the core Java and .NET platforms respectively, but it's also true that unlike pharmaceuticals, those investments directly build on themselves. It cost those companies comparatively little to develop JavaFX and Silverlight on top of their existing investments.</p> Patent scholars also don't usually understand how little it costs to make a major new product in this industry compared to the industries that really depend on patents for product protection. For example, it's true that Sun and Microsoft have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the core Java and .NET platforms respectively, but it's also true that unlike pharmaceuticals, those investments directly build on themselves. It cost those companies comparatively little to develop JavaFX and Silverlight on top of their existing investments.

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