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Microsoft patent division taking cash from at least 5 Android vendors

Microsoft patent division taking cash from at least 5 Android vendors I love some of Microsoft products. However, the patent system is broken. It becomes barrier innovation and small companies. Google and Android is not small but it is success is largely due to the free availability of it to the masses. The masses ability to review, critique and contribute and then use. Just like other products, java, linux, etc.... I suspect the arguments will sound like those of the drug industry. We invested so much we must protect our investment. As we watch big Pharma die a slow death from protectionism and gaming the patent system. A company that wants to make money needs to add VALUE not put up white picket fences. I provide services to my employers. If I put up picket fences to protect my JOB, I would be fired as soon as possible. We need to fire this type of action. It is friction to innovation not lubricant.
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China to ban online impersonation accounts, enforce real-name registration | Reuters

I can't comprehend this.  I grew up in a red state so most liberal ideas are hard for me to relate to but this stuff blows my mind. We are not perfect.  Our government spies on us, tortures prisoners and etc but when it comes to light scape-goats are found and government has to regroup and find other ways to meet their ends.  In other countries, you just have to take it and take it. Today, I remember how proud and thankful I was born in America. China to ban online impersonation accounts, enforce real-name registration | Reuters : 'via Blog this'
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Microsoft loses i4i appeal, faces Word injunction in three weeks

I just finished reading this article and it grinds on me. I cannot speak to the details of this patent but on the surface it looks to me like many software patents. They fail on the Non-Obvious test. Maybe it is because I understand software but what amazes me is far different from my wife who is in the medical field and even further from those I meet who are less educated. This does not even come close to impressing me!! I am not a M$ groupie as they have many unworthy patents too. The patent system is broke in this this area as well as others. This is not Dave over Goliath. It is Dave leveraging a broken system over Goliath. The same system Goliath leverages to maintain competitive advantages. Wrong is Wrong even when Dave does it. You can read it here... http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft-loses-i4i-appeal-faces-Word-injunction-in-three-weeks/1261523600
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