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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by uryga on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:02AM (#23413500)
[not defending patent trolls, just poking what seems to be a hole in the concept]

> Its okay if they are actually still in the process of building the thing

what should happen with a patent holder who sells off their R&D department, and thus stops "developing things"? should they be allowed to keep their patents? (to keep receiving e.g. licencing fees for the stuff they did develop; i think that's how it works?)

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Re:iMessage for Windows: A labor of love that will never see... by patentatt on Thursday June 04, 2020 @08:54AM (#23415942)
Yeah, the problem people seem to have is with the transferability of patents. But the alternative is some sort of personal right rather than a property right, and the huge companies would run roughshod over a system of personal rights to inventions, only enriching the FAANGS of the world at the expense of literally everyone else. Think it through before you go attacking the patent system.
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