DISQUS

Mathew's comments: Software, patents and innovation

  • oshoma · 3 years ago
    The patent problem is indeed vexing, and part of a broader and growing class of problems I label as "IP squatting". The thicket is easy to see. What's hard is getting out of it.

    One possible partial solution is to force patent owners to implement within a reasonable time or yield their hold on an IP claim. Of course that has its drawbacks too; for instance, what if you're a great inventor but not a good implementor? On the whole, though, it feels one step closer to a fix.
  • Chad · 3 years ago