When a small company is bullied out of attempting to patent its work, the internet is truly fucked. Thank you and goodnight.
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@aral The IA writer patent stuff. Reading their tweets, it's just painful. -
@ianbetteridge Ah, thank you, will read up; skipped my radar :) -
@aral Cliff notes version: small sftwr company tries to patent something; bloggers outraged; company caves in after a few days "outrage" -
@ianbetteridge Patent system itself is fucked up. Not sure penalising a small company while supporting the biggest offenders makes sense. -
@aral Yeah. Were it a valid patent (I think may have not been) it would have provided them defence against getting ripped off by Apple, etc -
@ianbetteridge The whole system is entirely stacked against small companies to begin with. Needs complete overhaul if not abandonment. -
@aral Totally agree about overhaul - and at the least enough knowledgable examiners to spot and stop poor patents.
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