> Market bloodbaths are what we should strive for, when companies
> attempt to kill each other in the market place the beneficiary is the
> consumer.
OK -- but in this case they're using bad patents as a weapon, and the
consumer will not benefit from it. It's not in the spirit of fair
competition on an even playing field.
There's a good article in (IIRC) Red Herring last month about this;
apparently the "robber barons" of the last century used exactly the
"bad patent" technique as well. Well worth a read!
--j.
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