[SC.LUG] America

[Ian Molton]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:36:59 +0100
"Matthew Tolley" <matthew@matthewtolley.com> wrote:

> 
> Historically, people patent something, THEN make money from their
> invention

Yes, thats whats SUPPOSED to happen. and amongst the small companies it
does.

but the large companies use huge 'libraries' of just-barely-valid (or
even utterly bogus) patents to bludgeon other smaller concerns that may
be a threat.

no one is saying the original idea of patents is bad, or that the
current systems is sometimes used correctly.

what is being said is that the *current* system is horribly flawed and
allows large concerns to squish smaller ones.

You seem to be taking this very literally. You dont have aspergers
syndrome too do you?

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