[YBA] i4i vs MS?

[Danny Lieberman]

Geoff

I'm sorry. Did you actually read Besson and Meurer?

I did and I think they did an excellent job of making their case that
software patents do not have economic benefit for the industry


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On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:53 PM, geoffrey mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Aug 13, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Danny Lieberman wrote:
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>  Shachar
>>
>> Read Patent Failure by Besson and Meuer - software patents are a net
>> economic negative - ie the cost to write, issue and enforce is greater than
>> the economic benefit.
>>
>> This is in comparison with pharma and chemical industries where patents
>> have a net economic positive balance - ie profit from patents outweighs cost
>>
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> It's pure speculation. Not only did they not IMHO make their case, they
> never cited any real facts of economic benefit/loss. They also discounted
> which seems to be a running theme, any value that honest people will not
> knowingly infringe even if it means dropping a product or licensing the
> patened technology before they start.
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> They also discounted the profit from licensed software that was patented
> such as CD's, DVD's, Ethernet, Token Ring, etc. Imagine what would have
> happened if the VoIP patents had actually been applied to all VoIP? How much
> money would VocalTech be making?
>
> Geoff.
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> geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
> Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendelson at gmail.com
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