 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
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Re: How is it that... said by NOCMan:A company can violate the patents of all these companies all at once? Because these large firms apply for and get wide ranging and broad patents for all manner of things.
Then when some start up comes along and develops a new service or product which threatens their revenue, they roll out their big legal guns to take them out. It's a way of quashing competition without having to compete.
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"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service." - former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman, unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!) |
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| Broad, general concepts should not be allowed for patents. We need patent reform pure and simple. |
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 rpeAMP
join:2000-12-02
San Antonio, TX
1 edit | said by boober321:Broad, general concepts should not be allowed for patents. We need patent reform pure and simple. When you research exactly what patents were violated and what technologies those patents protected, THEN you can make a comment like that--else, you're talking out of your ass. |
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 knightmbEverybody Lies
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN | said by rpeAMP:said by boober321:Broad, general concepts should not be allowed for patents. We need patent reform pure and simple. When you research exactly what patents were violated and what technologies those patents protected, THEN you can make a comment like that--else, you're talking out of your ass. Any google search will find the patents that AT&T have, it's not like it's a secret or anything. The problem is, which patents is the problem because the ones available are too broad, which I think was his original point.
It's no different than me having a patent on the wheel and everyone wondering what the mystery patent in question is concerning my lawsuit with the automotive industry. Sometimes you just have to put the two together.  |
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