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A Defense of Process Patents
An anonymous reader writes "In light of the ruling against the University of California patent trolls seeking to claim ownership of the 'Interactive Web,' founding attorney of Beacon Hill Law Joe Stanganelli, has written an article defending process patents. In it, he refers to technology pundits as 'bizarro' and argues that it's a misconception that patents stifle innovation. As he writes, 'What I do not understand is — had the jury determined Eolas's patents valid — why it would be A-OK for dozens of already megarich corporations to get even richer adopting technology they did not invent or have legal permission to use, but somehow immoral for the actual creators of the technology to likewise profit[?]"" I am not a patent lawyer, but I doubt I'm the only one who thinks it's possible to support a patent on an industrial potash processing technique, but not software patents — or at least to distinguish them from each other.
Hey troll moron, Microsoft is a despicable patent troll They are running an extortion campaign right now against any successful open source product in an attempt to push Linux and Open Source out of the marketplace. Fuckem I will NEVER purchase another Microsoft product and will do everything in my power to dissuade people from purchasing Microsoft products. They are despicable slime and your defence of their anticompetitive practices in the marketplace is a pathetic attempt at best.
It's "bollocks" you retard.