Maybe this is just Google's way of seeing who else will follow them and enact "defense-only" patent strategies? Start small and see who else blinks?
Of course, if everyone followed that then no one would sue the trolls would be forced back under the bridge where they belong. We all know that won't happen until it's fiscally debilitating for the trolls, by which I mean companies adopt an "always fight back" strategy or a collaborative defense strategy, used when the trolls sue multiple people at a time (even though they now have to do it on separate dockets, thank you AIA).
Wait...did I spell "debilitating" right?
Anyway, I don't think they'll open up the treaty beyond those patents and here's why:
They need their stable locked and loaded to compete in the current patent climate, which is just dad. Even taking out the trolls won't help that, this is a Big Dawg to Big Dawg fight.
Google's blinking on the stuff that doesn't matter...and they're getting the press they wanted for it.
Now, if only someone could get the proof of this. There's already been a crowdfunded effort to expose their shell companies. That's where the skeletons are hiding...
These guys are a nightmare. Allow me to translate:
"IV has efficiently and effectively identified strong patents covering significant and relevant inventions, purchased those patents, and marketed and licensed them to companies who need them."
Becomes:
"IV has efficiently and effectively taken worthless patents covering completely nebulous ideas, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, and used them to shake down people who are actually making products."
The problem with Work for Hire is this: you may be prohibited from taking specific lesson plans (in this case) outlined a specific way and using them in another district and/or publishing them online. But once you've learned the process of lesson plan making, you can't exactly UN-learn that. So what's a teacher to do? Never write another lesson plan for another district ever? How can teachers move around and change jobs under that scenario?
Ditto programming. Yeah, you can't take code and use it somewhere else line by line. But once you figure out how to overcome a specific coding hurdle, you may well face that same hurdle at another employer. You're supposed to...what? Pretend you never solved it for the first guy? Not possible, so you reuse what you've learned, if not specific lines of code. There's not a programmer out there who doesn't do this.
"I can't take Marx up on his offer to critique his music because, frankly, I've never heard it. Nor have I heard of him prior to this piece coming out."
I feel so sad that you missed out on the teen angst that is Richard Marx. How horrible your upbringing must have been! That, or you're younger than I thought.
>>how many times has it been said that the only ones who get rich in patent and copyright cases are the lawyers? cant get more true than with this guy, i guess.
On the post: Why Google's 'We Won't Sue' Patent Pledge May Actually Suggest A Greater Proclivity To Sue Over Patents
It's a trap!
Of course, if everyone followed that then no one would sue the trolls would be forced back under the bridge where they belong. We all know that won't happen until it's fiscally debilitating for the trolls, by which I mean companies adopt an "always fight back" strategy or a collaborative defense strategy, used when the trolls sue multiple people at a time (even though they now have to do it on separate dockets, thank you AIA).
Wait...did I spell "debilitating" right?
Anyway, I don't think they'll open up the treaty beyond those patents and here's why:
http://iptrolltracker2.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/nortel-buyers-are-you-angry-yet/
They need their stable locked and loaded to compete in the current patent climate, which is just dad. Even taking out the trolls won't help that, this is a Big Dawg to Big Dawg fight.
Google's blinking on the stuff that doesn't matter...and they're getting the press they wanted for it.
Just sayin',
IPTT
On the post: Intellectual Ventures Ramping Up Lawsuits
Re: Is it any wonder?
Now, if only someone could get the proof of this. There's already been a crowdfunded effort to expose their shell companies. That's where the skeletons are hiding...
On the post: Intellectual Ventures Ramping Up Lawsuits
I see Paris, I see France, I see IV's Underpants
http://iptrolltracker2.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/psssst-intellectual-ventures-your-shell-c ompanies-are-showing/
These guys are a nightmare. Allow me to translate:
"IV has efficiently and effectively identified strong patents covering significant and relevant inventions, purchased those patents, and marketed and licensed them to companies who need them."
Becomes:
"IV has efficiently and effectively taken worthless patents covering completely nebulous ideas, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, and used them to shake down people who are actually making products."
Just sayin',
IPTT
On the post: Has Spain Just Slammed On The Brakes For Europe's Unitary Patent Plans?
Misread Fail
Just sayin',
IPTT
On the post: Maryland Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Bar Schools From Claiming Copyright On Student & Faculty Work
How do you unlearn what you've learned?
Ditto programming. Yeah, you can't take code and use it somewhere else line by line. But once you figure out how to overcome a specific coding hurdle, you may well face that same hurdle at another employer. You're supposed to...what? Pretend you never solved it for the first guy? Not possible, so you reuse what you've learned, if not specific lines of code. There's not a programmer out there who doesn't do this.
-As for owning the copyright to students' work, my now 10-yr old figured that out a year ago: http://iptrolltracker2.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/comic-con-no-crazy-costumes-required/
Just sayin'
On the post: Ericsson Sells 2,185 Mobile Tech Patents To Newly Minted Troll, Unwired Planet
What this says about Unwired Planet: You're a troll.
What this says about the state of the patent world: It's (still) broken.
Cheers,
IPTT
On the post: Richard Marx And How Not To Act In The Internet Era
Re: Re: How old *are* you?
That was 11 years ago for me.
Thanks. Now I feel *really* old!!
But Richard Marx is still the bomb. I have to say that for two reasons: 1) to stay on-topic and 2) so I don't make his shit list.
On the post: Richard Marx And How Not To Act In The Internet Era
How old *are* you?
I feel so sad that you missed out on the teen angst that is Richard Marx. How horrible your upbringing must have been! That, or you're younger than I thought.
OMG. That's it, isn't it?
{hangs 42-yr-old head in shame}
On the post: DailyDirt: The Ever-Growing Growth Of Data...
Way to go!
Nice. Now people who didn't know you could do that will start.
Don't give it away, people!
On the post: Sticking It To The (Camera) Man: Inventor Develops License Plate Frame That Defeats Red Light Cameras
Re: Re:
On the post: Yes, Apple, You Have To Tell The UK Public That Samsung Didn't Copy You
Or from the horse's ass's mouth.
On the post: Early Inventor Of Streaming Video Wants To Help Fight Off Video Streaming Patent Trolls
How many times?
At least for or five, by yours truly.
Lawyers *always* win, even if they lose.
On the post: Yes: Breaking Web Articles Into Multiple Pages Is A Pain
"Page"?
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