Patents of Business Destruction

SnapShot writes "Over on Slate there's an opinion article on the Blackberry patent case. Here's a quote: 'It's easy to bash trolls as evil extortionists, to do so may be to miss an important lesson: Patent trolls aren't evil, but rational and predictable, akin to the mold that eventually grows on rotten meat. They're useful for understanding how the world of software patent got to where it is and what might be done to fix it.' "

Comments

I wonder how the trolls think, reading this. :)

[Caspian]

Nothing like waking up in the morning and reading someone comparing you to mold. :)

The solution

[aussie_a]

I say we treat patents as if it was rotten meat. Toss it away and go have chicken instead. Now I'm just hoping chicken is freedom in this analogy, because I'm not quite sure to be honest.

Re:Funny definition of useful

[critter_hunter]

Yeah, patent trolls are not evil, they're just greedy, devoid of morals and will do anything to further their ambitions

Oh wait, THAT'S LIKE THE VERY DEFINITION OF EVIL. What kind of idiot writes those articles?

Isn't it ironic?

[BarryNorton]

The irony of the patent system is that while it's relatively easy to get a patent, the vast majority of the assigned patents are completely worthless.

"It's like raaaaaaaain on your wedding day..."