Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 6th Oct 2009 21:43 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
The patent wars rage on. Eolas, a company that before won US$585 million from Microsoft in 2003 in a suit that challenged the use of ActiveX and AJAX, is now after twenty-three separate companies allegedly because their precious patent was spoiled by all of them.
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2006-01-25
They patented it and won, they are owed all that they will receive.
Don't hate the playa, hate the game, right? I personally detest that line of reasoning. It makes about as much sense here as it does with collection agencies and payday lending outfits. Just because a business model is possible because of how our law and economy is structured doesn't mean we should happily accept it.
I don't deny that being a Patent Troll is a lawful enterprise under current law. It is _also_ despicable, detestable, and morally bankrupt.
Patent Troll's seek financial gain through trial awards by sitting on the sidelines and waiting for some obvious idea they happened to have the foresight to patent (which cost them precious little) to come to fruition by someone else's hand. Eolas fits the mold rather well. I personally don't think all that highly of Microsoft either, but at least they _produce_ something... Eolas and company's like them are just bottom feeders - I don't give a damn whether or not the law is on their side, or how unpopular their victim happens to be.