# 13 Aug 2011
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“Do you know of any individual or organization that is even capable of creating some software ‘invention’ that would not be rediscovered independently anyway in the next five or ten years? I don’t. No one is that far ahead of everyone else in software, precisely because there is no capital investment required and no real barriers to entry.”
# 08 Aug 2011
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“Pick any country that is currently doing well, China is a perfect example. In China the Intellectual Property Laws are so weak that someone thought it was a good idea to completely replicate Apple retail stores. Compare their economy to ours. As much as I hate to compare other economies to ours, it’s worth taking a look .”
# 05 Aug 2011
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“I do think that any programmer who cooperates in getting a baseless patent should be ashamed of themselves. It shows the kind of lack of responsibility that undermines any justification we have to be treated as professionals.”
# 04 Aug 2011
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“This Meetup is devoted to exploring how Spotify’s technology stack works and to the hackers who use Spotify’s APIs. We’ll get together to meet both Spotify engineers and business leaders and anyone who takes the time to do something cool with Spotify’s APIs.”
# 16:00
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Google Should Publicly Oppose Software Patents
Conspicuously missing here is any mention of patent reform. Congress is currently working on a patent overhaul called the America Invents Act. Google is one of the world’s largest and most prominent victims of our innovation-taxing patent system, so lobbying for better patent laws seems like an obvious way to fight back.
Constructive criticism, +1! (Or is that patented?)
# 03 Aug 2011
8 notes
“But Android’s success has yielded something else: a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents.”
# 14 Jun 2011
12 notes
FOSS Patents: Apple feels "harassed" by "copyist" Samsung's demands for early look at iPhone 5 and iPad 3; showdown on Friday
Apple made its original request for expedited recovery because it may soon want to file a motion for a preliminary injunction rather. In other words, Apple seeks to get legal leverage to take down some of Samsung’s products in the very short term – which would enable Apple to negotiate a settlement on its preferred terms.
This must be some of that merely defensive use of patents we were told not to worry about.
“I’ll make you a deal: once Mac Rumors and Macworld update their respective articles that make exactly the same points I did, I’ll update mine. Until then, I won’t defer to the wisdom of the internet’s armchair licensing experts.”