Comment by RobotToaster 8 hours ago It would allow anyone to patent spam though, that could be a good thing. 4 comments RobotToaster Reply brookst 7 hours ago How? Compare to email spam where the cost is zero. Is that in any way better than a world where it takes substantial capital to send email spam?Lower cost = more patents = more patent trolls = less innovation. RobotToaster 9 minutes ago Any company that tried to bring a lawsuit for patent infringement would potentially face dozens of suits for their own infringement, a kind of legal mutually assured destruction. frantathefranta 7 hours ago Maybe they think it'd be a good thing because it would eventually phase out patents? john01dav 6 hours ago That would lead to even more centralization of email than we already have, and that's a bad thing.
brookst 7 hours ago How? Compare to email spam where the cost is zero. Is that in any way better than a world where it takes substantial capital to send email spam?Lower cost = more patents = more patent trolls = less innovation. RobotToaster 9 minutes ago Any company that tried to bring a lawsuit for patent infringement would potentially face dozens of suits for their own infringement, a kind of legal mutually assured destruction. frantathefranta 7 hours ago Maybe they think it'd be a good thing because it would eventually phase out patents? john01dav 6 hours ago That would lead to even more centralization of email than we already have, and that's a bad thing.
RobotToaster 9 minutes ago Any company that tried to bring a lawsuit for patent infringement would potentially face dozens of suits for their own infringement, a kind of legal mutually assured destruction.
frantathefranta 7 hours ago Maybe they think it'd be a good thing because it would eventually phase out patents?
john01dav 6 hours ago That would lead to even more centralization of email than we already have, and that's a bad thing.
How? Compare to email spam where the cost is zero. Is that in any way better than a world where it takes substantial capital to send email spam?
Lower cost = more patents = more patent trolls = less innovation.
Any company that tried to bring a lawsuit for patent infringement would potentially face dozens of suits for their own infringement, a kind of legal mutually assured destruction.
Maybe they think it'd be a good thing because it would eventually phase out patents?
That would lead to even more centralization of email than we already have, and that's a bad thing.