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Originally posted by 12clicks
Gee, suing someone isn't done under the law is it?
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There are different kinds of laws that have different approaches to resolution.
You seem to have thought that people who don't license Acacia's patent is breaking the law, so you clearly were thinking Criminal Law.
After i presented the Facts and Truths on this issue, you now concede that people aren't "breaking the law" as you originally posted.. so see, you are not telling the truth here.
So now, you understand that what you really meant to say is that the patent disputes will take place under Civil Law.
Of course there are other "laws", like Constitutional Law, Law of Physics, etc....
My point is this: Companies that settle made the decision for their business, and what they did "protects" their affiliates...i already posted that.
People are criciticing the big players for settling, because they believe the patents are invalid and that the big players had the resources to be able to fight against the claims.
Sure, it takes money out of their pockets, but if they were a company that had a reputation for fighting against "the man", then you can understand why eyebrows were raised.
No one is saying "don't license Acacia's patents". We are saying we believe they have invalid claims, but it will take a court to make that decision.
Fight the Patent!