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goBigtime · 08-26-2004, 03:29 AM

I read microsoft has around 5,000 patents and plans to double this number by the end of 2005

Hear that? The patent portfolio that took them over 20 years to build... should be doubled in a little over a year from now.

Things are going to get ugly soon with all these crazy patents.

Groove · 08-26-2004, 03:34 AM

Patent law has failed to keep up with the times. I hate fucking patents! They are probably the World's greatest impediment to technological and medical innovation.

The irony being that they were originally invented to protect the intellectual property of innovators.

goBigtime · 08-26-2004, 03:41 AM

Well.... after that news that microsoft is aiming to double their patent portfolio in the next 12 months, can you imagine how many patents the rest of the world will register in that time?

MSFT sets the pace for a lot of companies and is very influential over alot of peoples business models.

If they are going to file 5000+ new patents, you can bet that there are going to be TONS of people doing the same in that course of time.

It's been going on since Clinton and them pushed software patents though.... but now that MSFT is planning to double their portfolio - it's like "officially" on now.

This is either going to end real messy... or the EFF and crew will get some serious patent reform going on.

I don't think the net (as we know it anyway) will be able to survive all the crazy lawsuits that are on the horizon.

08-26-2004, 03:29 AM	#1
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	Patents... big biz. I read microsoft has around 5,000 patents and plans to double this number by the end of 2005 Hear that? The patent portfolio that took them over 20 years to build... should be doubled in a little over a year from now. Things are going to get ugly soon with all these crazy patents.

08-26-2004, 03:34 AM	#2
Groove Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,852	Patent law has failed to keep up with the times. I hate fucking patents! They are probably the World's greatest impediment to technological and medical innovation. The irony being that they were originally invented to protect the intellectual property of innovators.

08-26-2004, 03:41 AM	#3
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	Well.... after that news that microsoft is aiming to double their patent portfolio in the next 12 months, can you imagine how many patents the rest of the world will register in that time? MSFT sets the pace for a lot of companies and is very influential over alot of peoples business models. If they are going to file 5000+ new patents, you can bet that there are going to be TONS of people doing the same in that course of time. It's been going on since Clinton and them pushed software patents though.... but now that MSFT is planning to double their portfolio - it's like "officially" on now. This is either going to end real messy... or the EFF and crew will get some serious patent reform going on. I don't think the net (as we know it anyway) will be able to survive all the crazy lawsuits that are on the horizon.