Google: Software Patents "Not Helpful to Innovation"

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  1. News Bot iFans.com News

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    News Bot, Aug 20, 2012
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  2. GazaIan Well-Known Member

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    Agreed. What really bugged me is that you can patent an API... So it's kinda like "here, you can use this, but we'll sue the sh*t out of you if you do".

    P.S. I'm tired and have no idea what the hell I just said
    GazaIan, Aug 20, 2012
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  3. JKJones Well-Known Member

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    As a user i have to agree but as someone who will hopefully be working in the software industry one day i don't think that's fair. If i create something that is original why should i not be allowed to claim ownership of it and decide who can use it and the terms of that?
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  4. _JKK_ Front Page Reporter

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    Course, they did just sue Apple (via their convenient Motorola front) for infringing software patents.

    But still, I agree with the gist. It's a "good Google" thing.
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  5. Aarix Well-Known Member

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    If they're being obvious then sure they deserve to be sued but stop going on a patent frenzy over stuff like shapes.
    Aarix, Aug 20, 2012
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  6. Ruamrudee Member

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    I agree. Its getting ridiculous and out of hand. What's worst is that they have millions and millions of dollars to sue almost anything they want, and no one can stop them...
    Ruamrudee, Aug 20, 2012
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  7. JaySee Active Member

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    I find this kind of thinking interesting. The strange twist in people's minds that ideas are like property. What if someone patented the wheel and decided who and how it could be used? How many years of progress would have been destroyed? Versus if the original inventor made wheels with his idea and continually had to improve and update it so that it is better than its competition of copiers.
    JaySee, Aug 21, 2012
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  8. iBeans Banned

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    Because you can't invent things, and just claim that you were the first person that did it. Most likely you weren't. It's practically impossible to actually "invent" something. No one has actually invented anything that wasn't a variation of something that's already invented in years. If I'm wrong, which most likely I am, I apologize in advance.
    iBeans, Aug 21, 2012
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    The problem is not with the tool.
    It's with the person that's using it.
    GrygrFlzr, Aug 21, 2012
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  10. supitsgreg Active Member

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    rofl, google is just butthurt
    supitsgreg, Aug 21, 2012
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