Re: Re: Re: Re: Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness
Is anyone surprised when Mike cites studies which were probably sponsored by members of the Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness or the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Deform?
Ronald J. Riley,
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Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
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Most big companies do file patents for defensive purposes. Unfortunately, they file lots of minor incremental improvements and then thump their chests and brag about how many patents they have. IBM is a very good example of this. It is quantity rather than quality. This is useful when they get in a ta ta with another big company but does nothing to protect then from a small entity with truly disruptive technology.
Defensive patenting still teaches, granted very small teachings and it starts the clock ticking to pass what the invention taught into public domain. In the meantime it may become a catalyst for other inventions.
Here is a concept that Mike Masnick probably understands. Some people do not want to be hired by big companies. They have visions of building their own company and see their inventions as a means of generating the capital to fund their efforts.
Bob Kearns and Gorden Gould came along and waged thirty year wars for their invention property rights. Both won and even more important is that their battles educated the public about how disreputable most of the big companies are.
From the 1920 through the 1960s not one patent was upheld for inventors. The only chance an inventor had was to build a company under the big guys radar and if they made enough money before being noticed they had a chance of surviving and if not the big corporate crooks simply took what they wanted with impunity. At that time inventors were mostly forced to work for big companies.
Then came corporate downsizing and quarter to quarter management. They literally drove all long term planners out and in the process pretty much insured that all significant inventions would be held by small companies.
Patent law does not make infringement illegal. If it did inventors would not need to sue infringers to receive compensation.
"The poster child for the patent bar is always the lone inventor who lives off his licensing revenue. News flash: Such inventors pretty much do not exist, they are certainly economically insignificant."
There are hundreds of thousands of those lone inventors and if their contributions were insignificant companies like Microsoft and IBM would not be whining about mythical trolls and paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
This post serves as a perfect example of the scope of TechDIRT ignorance and when it comes to patents and their economics Mike Masnick's writings are every bit as bad as the one I am replying to now.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
"Ronald, since 2005, I've pointed out to you that I don't support the patent reform proposals, and you continue to pretend that I do. Then you suggest I'm bought by those who support it, even as I trash them for their own patent practices (see the very next post for example).
Is it so hard to recognize what I'm saying without making up lies about me?"
Maybe you are mixing up different people's comments because I did not suggest in this post that you are a hired stooge but it is clear that some people do think that is the case. I simply pointed out that the Piracy Coalition has misrepresented their prospects of passing the bill year after year. At this point they have spent in excess of a billion dollars trying to pass this bill, a bargain when one considers that they are stealing billions every year. Well it would be a bargain if they were actually competent enough to pass it.
What is a shame is that there are a number of other issues where I would be inclined to support you but your ignorant positions on patents force me concentrate on that.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
"I'm curious, Ronald, how is getting rid of bad patents a get out of jail free card. Again, nothing in lowering the standard would impact good patents. It only impacts bad patents."
Bad patents are not litigated because no one invests anything from two to tens of millions of dollars in enforcing a patent if they think it is bad.
For every patent which is litigated patent thieves get away with stealing scores of other patents.
How many patents have members of the Piracy & Fairness Coalition claimed are bad only to be handed their heads in court?
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
Piracy Coalition members leave no stone unturned in their efforts to turn the patent system into a king's sport. They are desperate to get an unlimited get out of jail free pass.
They have been handed their heads on Patent Deform once again and already their stooges are claiming that 2011 is the year for Patent Deform. We have been hearing these claims every year since 2005. They are good at two things, endless creative public relations propaganda (including buying bloggers) and stealing others inventions.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
1) We are all volunteers and there is a pool of staff email accounts which PIAUSA volunteers can use. Even I do not know who is making specific posts. In any event, none of us are paid as is the case for many bloggers who are paid to carry water for specific companies. It seems pretty clear that there are paid stooges on TechDIRT.
2) "Riddell was not doing anything better" is a false statement. Riddell invented a better way to do something and Schutt was found to have misappropriated Riddell's invention.
This was one of numerous deficiencies in Schutt's business model.
The patent system is based on driving companies to compete by producing a better invention, not to just copy another person's invention. Copying is not competing. Out inventing an adversary is competing. Clearly Schutt was unable to compete in the invention arena, and now they have to pay the toll or expire.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
What cost $30000 in 1839 would cost $596861.92 in 2009.
Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2009 and 1839,
they would cost you $30000 and $1501.85 respectively.
More FUD. Mike says "with each receiving the equivalent today of $30,000 per year -- a decent, but hardly huge sum."
So the pair received about 1.2 million in today's dollars per year. That is a very nice deal, better than the deal a majority of inventors get today.
If the government started handing out these kinds of rewards, 1.2 million a year for twenty years (remember that the example was for life) most inventors would be happy settle.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
"the jury in the case seemed to agree with me" The jury probably does not know you exist, much less agree with you.
Most certainly, Delaware is well known for it's bias in favor of big corporate interests so if Mike was smart he would not crow until after the appeals process is complete.
Patents are a great equalizer which allows inventive upstart start up companies to take on and win against big companies, something which it appears a number of your clients have learned the hard way.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
"I see. So you are saying that oil-eating bacteria are working? And it's all a big lie that we're not using them?"
Can you prove that no one anywhere is using oil eating bacteria?
The invention TAUGHT and even if the art has not yet advanced enough to use at this time the invention was still the foundation of what may come.
Ronald J. Riley,
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Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
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"Nor did I say it did. I was expressing my opinion based on the LACK OF facts in that article."
Note correction. The underlying problem with TechDIRT is an inability to recognize actual facts.
Ronald J. Riley,
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Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
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"And during that time, research into this area was stifled."
Utter bunk. During that time those who did not want to pay for use of the invention were stimulated to invent other methods of accomplishing the task.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
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"It seems you should have your company located somewhere that will be able to hold a trial sooner than East Texas if you want to avoid the "big" state."
There are somewhat faster venues but it is unclear if those venues rules stop abusive delaying litigation tactics which are routinely used by large corporate predators.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
I disagree with much of what Mike Masnick has to say, especially when it comes to patents and inventions. But at least he is man enough to sign his name regardless of how ignorant some of his comments may be.
You need to start doing the same and you also need to start replying to the substantive parts of a comment rather than focusing on petty crap like a sig file.
I submit that this is evidence of your suffering from the Little Person Syndrome. It does not have to be this way, you do not need to wallow in self pity.
Your self esteem will greatly improve if you start doing productive things. Become a creator rather than a destroyer.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
You should be able to easily find this information for yourself.
I started my first business when I was 19, over forty years ago. I guess that means I have more experience at executing that you :) I run several for profit businesses, a 114 acre farm which produces nursery stock (trees which turn CO2 in oxygen), a R&D business, and we manufacture electrified monorail controllers and other industrial control products.
I also run several community service organizations which for the purposes of these discussions I detail in my sig file.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
All the corporate shills on TechDIRT do is cite propaganda produced by other corporate shills. One big happy family of corporate stooges and shills.
Clearly, some are paid stooges while others are just stupid pawns (read programmers).
By the way, Patent Deform, a thinly veiled attempt to facilitate theft of inventions is going down in flames once again :)
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
Re: Apple Sued (this is news? Apple the serial infringer no idea to small to steal)
Isn't it gratifying that the public is finally starting to see Apple and other members of the Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness for what they are?
It is a shame that the reality of producing a valuable invention is that Piracy Coalition members leave inventors with no choice except to sue. Media savvy, hiring bloggers and what not is not a good substitute for actually producing significant inventions.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
Mike Masnick says "Silicon Valley around this time, it's what everyone was talking about."
Mike, do you think that rubbing elbows with "everyone talking about" something actually confers any real expertise?
There is a huge difference between talking about something and actually producing an invention. It is notable that Intel has been missing the boat on important inventions for a very long time.
That is why their ass keeps getting sued and kicked by inventors and that is why Intel is a founding member of the Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
Now I understand the combination of ignorance and arrogance. Intel has been breeding this kind of mindset for a very long time.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
Mike Masnick is spewing nonsense once again about patents and in this case about why inventors file lawsuits in that venue.
Mike said, "As has been discussed plenty of times, a disproportionate number of patent lawsuits are filed in East Texas, under the belief that the venue is the most friendly to patent holders (there is some debate lately about how accurate this is, but either way it remains, by far, the most popular place for patent lawsuits)."
Inventors and those who invest in the work of inventors go to court in East Texas because of the court's expertise and because they do not allow the kind of legal maneuvering and delaying tactics which intellectual property thieves use to bankrupt inventors.
Serial infringers (like Apple) love to howl about bias in Eastern Texas, but that is simply not the case. The reason why so many plaintiffs prevail is that only the best and most egregious cases make it to court. Considering the cost of patent litigation, only the best cases have their day in court, and that means that invention thieves get way with stealing far more inventions than they are actually sued for. The reason that they continue to use a business model which results in high profile litigations is that it is incredibly profitable for them to do so.
This is why large corporate patent piracy is so prevalent. It has historically been very profitable for large companies to simply steal what they want. For every case where they are held accountable they are likely getting off scot free on scores of other cases. The lawsuits which we see are just the tip of a much larger problem, patent larceny on the grandest of scales.
I most certainly know much more about inventor motivation than Mike Masnick. Like Mike, I have a long history of entrepreneurial activity, the only difference being that I have 20-30 years more experience.
Like inventors, Mike Masnick produces an intangible product. I guess that makes Mike Masnick a NPE whose work product has so little value that it is not going to be worth a lawsuit:)
Granted his work product is far less valuable. But in both cases the work product is not a hard-line.
There are differences in our businesses, Mike Masnick's business appears to be mostly focused on serving big corporate interests while inventors focus on producing inventions which will be the foundation of new companies and even whole new industries.
With this in mind which business do you think has the most social value, TechDIRT and the related insight-less business or inventors who are producing inventions which are so valuable that transnationals take them?
One last point, the Eastern Texas court is acting as a magnet, drawing inventors to the region. I predict that having a fair & knowledgeable court is driving an economic boom in the region and that as Silicon Valley is stagnating under the weight of so many disreputable large companies. I expect that eastern Texas will over time replace Silicon Valley.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
USPTO's Collective IQ drafs TechDIRTs By Over 1000 fold :)
Mike Masnick, I have a great idea for you. You are funded by fees for your services, right? I think it is reasonable to think that what you do is motivated by those fees in the same way that you think USPTO operations are motivated by fees, right?
There is a fundamental difference though, yours is a very very small operation which you can easily force everyone to march to the same drummer while the USPTO is a large operation with many conflicting interests.
Another difference is that the USPTO is loaded with many very bright people, while TechDIRT appears to have people with more limited capabilities and even if TechDIRT's staff had comparable capabilities the USPTO's aggregate IQ still dwarfs TechDIRT's by over three orders of magnitude :)
Chew on that for awhile.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?
Re: Perfectly Simple Fix
Defensive patenting still teaches, granted very small teachings and it starts the clock ticking to pass what the invention taught into public domain. In the meantime it may become a catalyst for other inventions.
Here is a concept that Mike Masnick probably understands. Some people do not want to be hired by big companies. They have visions of building their own company and see their inventions as a means of generating the capital to fund their efforts.
Bob Kearns and Gorden Gould came along and waged thirty year wars for their invention property rights. Both won and even more important is that their battles educated the public about how disreputable most of the big companies are.
From the 1920 through the 1960s not one patent was upheld for inventors. The only chance an inventor had was to build a company under the big guys radar and if they made enough money before being noticed they had a chance of surviving and if not the big corporate crooks simply took what they wanted with impunity. At that time inventors were mostly forced to work for big companies.
Then came corporate downsizing and quarter to quarter management. They literally drove all long term planners out and in the process pretty much insured that all significant inventions would be held by small companies.
Patent law does not make infringement illegal. If it did inventors would not need to sue infringers to receive compensation.
"The poster child for the patent bar is always the lone inventor who lives off his licensing revenue. News flash: Such inventors pretty much do not exist, they are certainly economically insignificant."
There are hundreds of thousands of those lone inventors and if their contributions were insignificant companies like Microsoft and IBM would not be whining about mythical trolls and paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
This post serves as a perfect example of the scope of TechDIRT ignorance and when it comes to patents and their economics Mike Masnick's writings are every bit as bad as the one I am replying to now.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?
What is Mike Smoking?
Is it so hard to recognize what I'm saying without making up lies about me?"
Maybe you are mixing up different people's comments because I did not suggest in this post that you are a hired stooge but it is clear that some people do think that is the case. I simply pointed out that the Piracy Coalition has misrepresented their prospects of passing the bill year after year. At this point they have spent in excess of a billion dollars trying to pass this bill, a bargain when one considers that they are stealing billions every year. Well it would be a bargain if they were actually competent enough to pass it.
What is a shame is that there are a number of other issues where I would be inclined to support you but your ignorant positions on patents force me concentrate on that.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?
Re: Re: Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness
Bad patents are not litigated because no one invests anything from two to tens of millions of dollars in enforcing a patent if they think it is bad.
For every patent which is litigated patent thieves get away with stealing scores of other patents.
How many patents have members of the Piracy & Fairness Coalition claimed are bad only to be handed their heads in court?
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?
Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness
They have been handed their heads on Patent Deform once again and already their stooges are claiming that 2011 is the year for Patent Deform. We have been hearing these claims every year since 2005. They are good at two things, endless creative public relations propaganda (including buying bloggers) and stealing others inventions.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Football Helmet Maker Drives Competitor Into Bankruptcy With Patent Lawsuits
2) "Riddell was not doing anything better" is a false statement. Riddell invented a better way to do something and Schutt was found to have misappropriated Riddell's invention.
This was one of numerous deficiencies in Schutt's business model.
The patent system is based on driving companies to compete by producing a better invention, not to just copy another person's invention. Copying is not competing. Out inventing an adversary is competing. Clearly Schutt was unable to compete in the invention arena, and now they have to pay the toll or expire.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Would Photography Have Been Different If It Had Been Patented Up?
TechDIRT FUD
What cost $30000 in 1839 would cost $596861.92 in 2009.
Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2009 and 1839,
they would cost you $30000 and $1501.85 respectively.
More FUD. Mike says "with each receiving the equivalent today of $30,000 per year -- a decent, but hardly huge sum."
So the pair received about 1.2 million in today's dollars per year. That is a very nice deal, better than the deal a majority of inventors get today.
If the government started handing out these kinds of rewards, 1.2 million a year for twenty years (remember that the example was for life) most inventors would be happy settle.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Jury Dumps Patent Used To Sue Facebook
Too Soon To Crow
Most certainly, Delaware is well known for it's bias in favor of big corporate interests so if Mike was smart he would not crow until after the appeals process is complete.
Patents are a great equalizer which allows inventive upstart start up companies to take on and win against big companies, something which it appears a number of your clients have learned the hard way.
Ronald J. Riley,
Speaking only on my own behalf.
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: What Good Are The Patents On Oil-Eating Bacteria Doing Us?
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Can you prove that no one anywhere is using oil eating bacteria?
The invention TAUGHT and even if the art has not yet advanced enough to use at this time the invention was still the foundation of what may come.
Ronald J. Riley,
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On the post: What Good Are The Patents On Oil-Eating Bacteria Doing Us?
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Note correction. The underlying problem with TechDIRT is an inability to recognize actual facts.
Ronald J. Riley,
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Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
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On the post: What Good Are The Patents On Oil-Eating Bacteria Doing Us?
Re: Re: Hey there scarecrow
Utter bunk. During that time those who did not want to pay for use of the invention were stimulated to invent other methods of accomplishing the task.
Ronald J. Riley,
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President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
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On the post: Court Won't Move Patent Lawsuit Out Of East Texas, Despite Plaintiff's 'Ephemeral' Connection To Texas
Are faster courts as knowledgeable?
There are somewhat faster venues but it is unclear if those venues rules stop abusive delaying litigation tactics which are routinely used by large corporate predators.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
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President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
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On the post: Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See
Re: Re: A clown is qualified to render opinions ?
You need to start doing the same and you also need to start replying to the substantive parts of a comment rather than focusing on petty crap like a sig file.
I submit that this is evidence of your suffering from the Little Person Syndrome. It does not have to be this way, you do not need to wallow in self pity.
Your self esteem will greatly improve if you start doing productive things. Become a creator rather than a destroyer.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
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President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
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On the post: Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See
Re: Re: Masnick is qualified to render opinions ?
You should be able to easily find this information for yourself.
I started my first business when I was 19, over forty years ago. I guess that means I have more experience at executing that you :) I run several for profit businesses, a 114 acre farm which produces nursery stock (trees which turn CO2 in oxygen), a R&D business, and we manufacture electrified monorail controllers and other industrial control products.
I also run several community service organizations which for the purposes of these discussions I detail in my sig file.
Ronald J. Riley,
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President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
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On the post: Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See
Mike has never produced credible evidence.
Clearly, some are paid stooges while others are just stupid pawns (read programmers).
By the way, Patent Deform, a thinly veiled attempt to facilitate theft of inventions is going down in flames once again :)
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
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On the post: Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See
Re: Apple Sued (this is news? Apple the serial infringer no idea to small to steal)
It is a shame that the reality of producing a valuable invention is that Piracy Coalition members leave inventors with no choice except to sue. Media savvy, hiring bloggers and what not is not a good substitute for actually producing significant inventions.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See
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Mike, do you think that rubbing elbows with "everyone talking about" something actually confers any real expertise?
There is a huge difference between talking about something and actually producing an invention. It is notable that Intel has been missing the boat on important inventions for a very long time.
That is why their ass keeps getting sued and kicked by inventors and that is why Intel is a founding member of the Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
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On the post: Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See
Mike Spent His Formative years At Intel?
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: Court Won't Move Patent Lawsuit Out Of East Texas, Despite Plaintiff's 'Ephemeral' Connection To Texas
Knowledgeable Court
Mike said, "As has been discussed plenty of times, a disproportionate number of patent lawsuits are filed in East Texas, under the belief that the venue is the most friendly to patent holders (there is some debate lately about how accurate this is, but either way it remains, by far, the most popular place for patent lawsuits)."
Inventors and those who invest in the work of inventors go to court in East Texas because of the court's expertise and because they do not allow the kind of legal maneuvering and delaying tactics which intellectual property thieves use to bankrupt inventors.
Serial infringers (like Apple) love to howl about bias in Eastern Texas, but that is simply not the case. The reason why so many plaintiffs prevail is that only the best and most egregious cases make it to court. Considering the cost of patent litigation, only the best cases have their day in court, and that means that invention thieves get way with stealing far more inventions than they are actually sued for. The reason that they continue to use a business model which results in high profile litigations is that it is incredibly profitable for them to do so.
This is why large corporate patent piracy is so prevalent. It has historically been very profitable for large companies to simply steal what they want. For every case where they are held accountable they are likely getting off scot free on scores of other cases. The lawsuits which we see are just the tip of a much larger problem, patent larceny on the grandest of scales.
I most certainly know much more about inventor motivation than Mike Masnick. Like Mike, I have a long history of entrepreneurial activity, the only difference being that I have 20-30 years more experience.
Like inventors, Mike Masnick produces an intangible product. I guess that makes Mike Masnick a NPE whose work product has so little value that it is not going to be worth a lawsuit:)
Granted his work product is far less valuable. But in both cases the work product is not a hard-line.
There are differences in our businesses, Mike Masnick's business appears to be mostly focused on serving big corporate interests while inventors focus on producing inventions which will be the foundation of new companies and even whole new industries.
With this in mind which business do you think has the most social value, TechDIRT and the related insight-less business or inventors who are producing inventions which are so valuable that transnationals take them?
One last point, the Eastern Texas court is acting as a magnet, drawing inventors to the region. I predict that having a fair & knowledgeable court is driving an economic boom in the region and that as Silicon Valley is stagnating under the weight of so many disreputable large companies. I expect that eastern Texas will over time replace Silicon Valley.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
On the post: USPTO Ramping Up Patent Approvals
USPTO's Collective IQ drafs TechDIRTs By Over 1000 fold :)
There is a fundamental difference though, yours is a very very small operation which you can easily force everyone to march to the same drummer while the USPTO is a large operation with many conflicting interests.
Another difference is that the USPTO is loaded with many very bright people, while TechDIRT appears to have people with more limited capabilities and even if TechDIRT's staff had comparable capabilities the USPTO's aggregate IQ still dwarfs TechDIRT's by over three orders of magnitude :)
Chew on that for awhile.
Ronald J. Riley,
I am speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
President - Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.
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