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RE: Judge rules in favor of Eolas


judge robie
A question to ask is why was the system working ten years 
ago and why is it not working now?  Scale and opportunity.

The 'we can take the sets in the barn and put on a show' 
approach is biting us now.  Sometimes those sets were 
stored by someone who is paying the storage fees and 
didn't rent them out.

I also think prior art could apply, but the judges aren't 
convinced so far.  A dilemma is that some of these patents 
are legit and are enforceable, and no one bothered to find 
out.

len


From: Jonathan Robie [mailto:jonathan.robie@d...]

Regardless of the amount, I think there is prior art for this patent. But 
we are all losers when it is so difficult and expensive to determine who 
owns intellectual property. If your patent is spurious, you still have a 
chance in court, where decisions will be made by people who may not 
understand the IP issues. If you have a valid patent, that doesn't mean 
that you can ever enforce it against a company with better lawyers than you 
have, and you may not have enough money to even try. I have friends who 
have decided not to file patents for just this reason, and one who decided 
not to start a business for just this reason.

If we want to encourage innovation in this company, we need a patent system 
that works for both large, established companies and small startups.

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