Re:Twitter’s Surprising Solution to the Patent Problem: Let ...
by 1wheel on Thursday February 21, 2013 @01:33PM
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More skeptical take from Marco Arment:
> The Innovator’s Patent Agreement is a nice sentiment, but the loophole potential is simply too great, and it doesn’t (and can’t) address the fundamental problems and dysfunction in the patent system. A patented “invention”, even when patented under these terms, is still patented. It’s not free for anyone to use, and willfully infringing upon it is still dangerous and unwise ... The Innovator’s Patent Agreement is a well-intentioned gesture. But that’s all it is.
> The Innovator’s Patent Agreement is a nice sentiment, but the loophole potential is simply too great, and it doesn’t (and can’t) address the fundamental problems and dysfunction in the patent system. A patented “invention”, even when patented under these terms, is still patented. It’s not free for anyone to use, and willfully infringing upon it is still dangerous and unwise ... The Innovator’s Patent Agreement is a well-intentioned gesture. But that’s all it is.
http://www.marco.org/2012/04/18/twitter-patent-agreement