Defending your app from copies and clones

Re:Defending your app from copies and clones by paulsutter on Friday February 23, 2018 @05:09PM (#16450053)

Only assholes go around trying to enforce patents, especially as a business model. But if you don’t get any patents, you’ll be really vulnerable to these assholes

> Only assholes get patents. They can be a huge PR mistake, and they’re a fool’s errand: even if you get one ($20,000+ later), you can’t afford to use it against any adversary big enough to matter.

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Re:Defending your app from copies and clones by criddell on Friday February 23, 2018 @05:30PM (#16450193)

I don't think I would have a problem with patents except for two things:

* the patent office seems to have a policy of grant-by-default

* the term is way too long for software patents

Grant 3-5 year patents and I think most of my objections would disappear.

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