Re:Take a stand against patent trolls
by ahi on Thursday May 19, 2011 @03:43PM
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I was going to write up a full article, but I'll just post this here instead.
I was thinking shame might work a little bit. Most people, even lawyers and patent trolls, think of themselves as being good people. Calling them out directly can have quite an affect.
Dr. Dale Schoenefeld, a CS professor and bureaucrat at University of Tulsa (http://www.utulsa.edu/offices-and-services/information-techn...), is on the board. He probably doesn't care that I think he's a scumbag, but I imagine he might care how he is perceived by students and his colleagues.
I was thinking shame might work a little bit. Most people, even lawyers and patent trolls, think of themselves as being good people. Calling them out directly can have quite an affect.
MacroSolve is one of the companies suing iOS developers over forms (http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2011/05/macrosolve-joins-...).
Dr. Dale Schoenefeld, a CS professor and bureaucrat at University of Tulsa (http://www.utulsa.edu/offices-and-services/information-techn...), is on the board. He probably doesn't care that I think he's a scumbag, but I imagine he might care how he is perceived by students and his colleagues.