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Would You Quit Over Patents?
PatentThis asks: "Like a large part of the Slashdot community, I have a problem with software patents. However, I work at a company where they are the norm, and are a major indicator of our performance. So far (over the past 18 months), I've managed to avoid patent work, but that will probably have to change this year. It's an otherwise great job, and I don't look forward to going back on the job market. Do you feel strongly enough about the patent war to give up your job? Should I try to obtain Conscientious Objector status?"
From what you say, it sounds like "Conscientious Objector status" and "going back on the job market" are the same thing.
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Reword every patent application so that the first letter of every sentence reads T H I S I S A B O G U S P A T E N T I R E A D H O W T O D O T H I S O N T H E W W W. That way, you get rewarded for your work, and in the unlikely event of it ever getting to court, your employer will be a laughing stock. Then you quit (and/or are fired).
But first, please give me the phone number for your HR department.
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Great strategy! After you have patented the "unique identifier composition system" (yeah, I've seen this one for real) you can patent the "extremely fast searching through calculated values" algorithm. When that's done, be sure to include the "user unique authorization system" and the "unique system identification method".
Ugh.. I think I'm on corporate overload today.
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