I agree. This is legal frivolity at its worst.
Something's rotten in the patent office. As you said, it's probably a case of lawyers creating jobs for lawyers, with complete disregard for the national good.
If anyone who thinks up a slightly different way of delivering a good or service can patent that idea, then the entire economy will eventually consist of complete and total monopolies in each and every industry.
Did Wal-Mart sue K-Mart for using its new idea for distributing goods? No!
Did the first pizza delivery store sue the rest of them for delivering pizzas? No!
Did the first investment bank to take a company's shares public sue the rest of them for duplicating their business model? No!
Do different airline companies sue each other about the idea of making a business out of flying people from one city to another? NOOOO!!!!!!
Do banks sue each other about who came up with the idea of loaning money to borrowers for interest?
Netflix never should've even been issued a patent on this, let alone be allowed to sue. It's ridiculous.
Legal frivolity at it's worst.
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I agree. This is legal frivolity at its worst. Something's rotten in the patent office. As you said, it's probably a case of lawyers creating jobs for lawyers, with complete disregard for the national good. If anyone who thinks up a slightly different way of delivering a good or service can patent that idea, then the entire economy will eventually consist of complete and total monopolies in each and every industry. Did Wal-Mart sue K-Mart for using its new idea for distributing goods? No! Did the first pizza delivery store sue the rest of them for delivering pizzas? No! Did the first investment bank to take a company's shares public sue the rest of them for duplicating their business model? No! Do different airline companies sue each other about the idea of making a business out of flying people from one city to another? NOOOO!!!!!! Do banks sue each other about who came up with the idea of loaning money to borrowers for interest? Netflix never should've even been issued a patent on this, let alone be allowed to sue. It's ridiculous. Legal frivolity at it's worst.