When companies spend more on buying up patents and paying lawyers, the justification for a patent system goes away.
"Last year, for the first time, spending by Apple and Google on patent lawsuits and unusually big-dollar patent purchases exceeded spending on research and development of new products, according to public filings."
In Technology Wars, Using the Patent as a Sword
Alongside the impressive technology advances of the last two decades, many see a destructive use of software patents corrupting the marketplace for ideas.
This post has been reshared 2 times on Google+
View this post on Google+
Post imported by Google+Blog for WordPress.