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The limits of a patent poolThe limits of a patent poolPosted Dec 7, 2005 23:55 UTC (Wed) by emkey (guest, #144)In reply to: The limits of a patent pool by JoeBuck Parent article: A look at the Patent Commons Project and OIN
The thing smart companies should have learned though from the whole SCO debacle is that if you attack FOSS you bring thousands of people out of the woodwork in defense of whatever is attacked.
Any company that goes this route better have a heck of a lot of money in the bank. Because they are going to have the fight of their lives.
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The limits of a patent pool Posted Dec 8, 2005 1:51 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Right, but "companies" that don't have a product to sell don't need good PR, they just need a credible threat.
The limits of a patent pool Posted Dec 8, 2005 7:09 UTC (Thu) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link] This is true. Unfortunately patent-pools also don't defend against patent-sharks. Since they normally neither produce nor sell any product whatsoever by themselves, they definitely won't infringe on any of your pooled patents.
The limits of a patent pool Posted Dec 8, 2005 16:32 UTC (Thu) by emkey (guest, #144) [Link] True but as the SCO case shows, attacking FOSS is an invitation for a million very annoyed fire ants to come pay you a less then friendly visit.
Will this stop Microsoft and their proxies from future patent related attacks? Probably not, but you can bet they'll think long and hard before going that route again.
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