Post by thread:[OT] Patent suit, why so often now

It seems to me that patent suit becomes more and more often nowadays. New one: Sandisk vs other flash storage vendors: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9804488-7.html Other on-going patent cases: Broadcom versus Qualcomm Nokia versus Qualcomm SCO versus IBM over Linux IP Innovation versus Redhat and Novell Alcatel/Lucent versus Microsoft over MP3 Regards, Xiaofan

Xiaofan Chen wrote: > It seems to me that patent suit becomes more and more often nowadays. > > New one: Sandisk vs other flash storage vendors: > http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9804488-7.html > > Other on-going patent cases: > Broadcom versus Qualcomm > Nokia versus Qualcomm > SCO versus IBM over Linux > IP Innovation versus Redhat and Novell > Alcatel/Lucent versus Microsoft over MP3 > > Regards, > Xiaofan > Technically, the SCO vs Novell/IBM/Others is not a Patent case (although, vs IBM, at one point it may have been). SCO cases are basically Copyright/Contract law cases. Rolf

On 10/26/07, Rolf <spam_OUTlearrTakeThisOuTrogers.com> wrote: > > Technically, the SCO vs Novell/IBM/Others is not a Patent case > (although, vs IBM, at one point it may have been). SCO cases are > basically Copyright/Contract law cases. The SCO case is (finally) pretty much behind us. A few weeks ago a judge ruled that SCO didn't own UNIX in the first place and so were in no position to enforce UNIX patents. SCO has filed for bankruptcy protection as a result. "Drained by Courtroom Losses, SCO Tries to Survive" http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/FBrFE73dU4X77w/Drained-by-Courtroom-Losses-SCO-Tries-to-Survive.xhtml Cheers, Zik

On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 07:51 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > It seems to me that patent suit becomes more and more often nowadays. Well, in my opinion the reason is simple: it's possible to make money, sometimes insane amounts of money doing it. There's also the competitive advantage for bigger companies to pound smaller companies out of business, which again means money. To me, the most disgusting element are the companies that only seem to exist on the money made from suing other companies, it hurts all companies, it hurts consumers. The system is beyond broken IMHO. TTYL

On 10/26/07, Herbert Graf <.....mailinglist3KILLspam@spam@farcite.net> wrote: >Well, in my opinion the reason is simple: it's possible to > make money, sometimes insane amounts of money doing it. Oh yes. Money is the incentive for the companies and the lawyers who filed the lawsuits. > To me, the most disgusting element are the companies that only seem to > exist on the money made from suing other companies, it hurts all > companies, it hurts consumers. Some of the companies are patent trolls backed by greedy lawyers. I think one of the possible solution is to fix the lawyers. How to do that? I do not have a answer since quite some lawmakers are lawyers. ;-) or :-( There are some other companies which does have some good patents. Maybe Transmeta is one of them. It recently couped quite a large amount of money from Intel. Not so sure about NTP which won the lawsuit against RIM. > The system is beyond broken IMHO. I agree. It may become more and more complicated with globalization. Xiaofan

Does the introduction of phenomena such as CopyLeft, Creative Commons, Gnu General Public Licence, "Some Rights Reserved" etc. mean that there'll be any less of this litigation culture going on in future? Can it be starved out of existence? see http://creativecommons.org/about/ , for example. I hope this is somehow relevant. I'm just an ignorant optimist... Regards, Matt Rhys-Roberts Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On 10/26/07, Herbert Graf <mailinglist3KILLspamfarcite.net> wrote: > >> Well, in my opinion the reason is simple: it's possible to >> make money, sometimes insane amounts of money doing it. >> > > Oh yes. Money is the incentive for the companies and the > lawyers who filed the lawsuits. > >

On 10/26/07, Matthew Rhys-Roberts <.....mattKILLspam.....nu-ins.com> wrote: > Does the introduction of phenomena such as CopyLeft, Creative Commons, > Gnu General Public Licence, "Some Rights Reserved" etc. mean that > there'll be any less of this litigation culture going on in future? Can > it be starved out of existence? > > see http://creativecommons.org/about/ , for example. I hope this is > somehow relevant. > > I'm just an ignorant optimist... > I believe these are all good ideas but they will not prevent litigation on patents. Take note a lot of patent litigations involve big profit driven companies and lawyers. There seem to be too many loopholes in the patent application process and the language used in the patent. To be honest I do not understand them when I signed the only patent application case through the lawyer (I am the co-inventor). I believe the technology is good but I do not really understand the claims... Xiaofan