Patents Being Abused To Put Your Life In Danger (TechDirt)
TechDirt takes a
look at how the lawyers for Priority Dispatch Corporation are abusing
the patent system. "
Bob Austin, who for many years has worked in major metropolitan fire and EMS departments, had the idea of creating an open source medical dispatch system. Such [an open source] system would have numerous benefits. Beyond being a free system, it also would allow best practices to easily bubble up in a way that actively would help save lives. If another EMS department could improve on the system, they easily could do so and contribute it back to the community." The Priority Dispatch lawyers claimed possible patent infringement for ten patents. See Wikileaks for more information. (Found on LinuxMedNewsArticle)