[aklug] Re: Microsoft and Wistron sign patent agreement - Computer Business Review

On 07/06/2011 12:16 PM, Michael Fowler wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 08:27:00AM -0800, Christopher Howard wrote:
>> Since when did those MS scumbags, err... people acquire Android IP rights?
>
> From what I gather, the Android system.. let's say, collides with
> Microsoft's patent portfolio in various places. So, Microsoft forces
> the handset manufacturers to give them money or be sued for patent
> infringment, and the manufacturers cut a deal.
>
> It all seems pretty shady, but that's apparently what patents are for
> now (presuming they were ever used for anything else).
>
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Ironic, is it not, that the same system that was /supposed/ to encourage
independent invention, eventually became a giant legal weapon for
crushing it?

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