Challenge the business model
Challenge the business model
Posted Apr 27, 2011 19:29 UTC (Wed) by thomas.poulsen (subscriber, #22480)In reply to: A victory for the trolls by shapr
Parent article: A victory for the trolls
If the compensation patent holders could claim had to be related to a direct loss due to patent infringement, the business model of patent trolls would be less appealing.
If the troll does not sell products or do R&D, but only license patents, they should not be entitled to more compensation than they originally paid for the patent.
Arguments along these lines might be more appealing to the general public than direct attacks on software patents per se.
If the troll does not sell products or do R&D, but only license patents, they should not be entitled to more compensation than they originally paid for the patent.
Arguments along these lines might be more appealing to the general public than direct attacks on software patents per se.