It's time to stop issuing patents on software and put a hold on all litigation…
It's time to stop issuing patents on software and put a hold on all litigation until we can sit down and sort this out properly
Reshared post from +Gina Smith
"Google spent $12.5 billion in 2012 to buy Motorola Mobility and its patents, and only $5.2 billion in 2011 on R&D," Chien explains. "In 2011, Apple spent $2.4 billion on R&D but contributed more — approximately $2.6 billion — in a single transaction to buy patents from Nortel."
That's a quote from my story today — super indepth — on the patent sit. Sounds boring, but damn, there is intrigue in those patent stories! and what characters!
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9229100/Can_the_U.S._patent_system_be_saved_?taxonomyId=214&pageNumber=2
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