[simpits-tech] [x-plane-tech] Austin Meyers Patent Troll interveiw (fwd)

[William Segal]

I have a lot to say but its going to need to wait til Sunday .

Bill

On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:35 AM, geneb <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Dec 2012, dabigboy at cox.net wrote:
>
> > Interesting! I read about this lawsuit on Austin's page a while back,
> > and heard about Uniloc a while before that. Austin/Laminar Research is
> > only one of several companies Uniloc is suing in a "shotgun" approach. I
> > suppose they are throwing a bunch of things against the wall and hoping
> > something will stick.
> >
> > Read their webpage: http://www.uniloc.com/
> >
> > The entire site reeks of patent-troll. While they bring up ONE instance
> > of technology supposedly being licensed prior to someone else trying to
> > use it (the Microsoft example, which is dubious since remote-activation
> > was just getting started in the late 90's and everyone was trying it),
> > even the front page makes it pretty obvious what their business is:
>
> Well from my standpoint the patent isn't even valid.  NO patent on
> software should have ever been allowed.  It's math fer chrissakes.
>
> If it was up to me, patent trolls would be publicly executed by shoving
> them feet first into an industrial chipper shredder.  Patent lawyers would
> be requires by law to witness the execution live.
>
> It would serve as a most excellent example to other potential patent
> trolls.  Frankly I think that if you're not actively producing a product
> based on a patent or have provable plans to do so, you shouldn't be
> allowed to sue other people over it.
>
> g.
>
>
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