Today, I had a chat with an university professor about the problem of patent trolls. Patent trolls do not only exist in the dimension of IT, but also seemingly in the show biz world.
A small excursus: what is a patent troll?
Patent troll is a pejorative term used for a person or company that enforces its patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic, often with no intention to manufacture or market the patented invention. [wikipedia]
Being a patent troll can bring a lot of money. So why am i against it?
It is often the case that a patent holder just has a lot of money to buy a lot of patents as a monetary investment. So those real inventors (who have the real idea and the gut to do the research and market the invention) will be hindered at doing what they are supposed/born to do. And this is just ugly in my eyes. Anything i have learned in the innovation lecture last year is that our society as it is now is built on new inventions and innovations. Without them we would still be in the pre-stone age eating raw meat and freeze in the darkness of the endless nights. So making money at the expense of great innovations maybe to come and our futures disgusts me !
08/11: The rise of the patent trolls
Today, I had a chat with an university professor about the problem of patent trolls. Patent trolls do not only exist in the dimension of IT, but also seemingly in the show biz world.A small excursus: what is a patent troll?
Patent troll is a pejorative term used for a person or company that enforces its patents against one or more alleged infringers in a manner considered unduly aggressive or opportunistic, often with no intention to manufacture or market the patented invention. [wikipedia]
Being a patent troll can bring a lot of money. So why am i against it?
It is often the case that a patent holder just has a lot of money to buy a lot of patents as a monetary investment. So those real inventors (who have the real idea and the gut to do the research and market the invention) will be hindered at doing what they are supposed/born to do. And this is just ugly in my eyes. Anything i have learned in the innovation lecture last year is that our society as it is now is built on new inventions and innovations. Without them we would still be in the pre-stone age eating raw meat and freeze in the darkness of the endless nights. So making money at the expense of great innovations maybe to come and our futures disgusts me !