Oh those silly Canadians...
There are patent trolls everywhere.
Oh those silly Canadians...
The article claimed that they won settlements (i.e. court ruled in their favor) from the other companies (the other companies didn't settle).
Before even reading the comments, let me guess, "They are patent troll" if we switch the playing field, "Apple is protecting their intellectual property". Hypocrisy runs so deep!
When are they going to introduce a law that you cannot hold a patent for a technology you don't actively use? Surely that would stop these damn trolls.
Depends what you mean by "actively use". Not all inventors should be manufacturers, and one could argue that licensing out your patents is an active use of the technology.
What i would suggest is that patents may not be sold by the original inventor, except licensed out to manufacturers. License can be inherited by a family member or a next-of-kin but not sold.
It seems that original inventors are not usually trolls, and if they are, they have a right to be.
Obviously bias.
Without Canada there would have been no space shuttle.
Yes, but why would you invent something you have no intent to use.
You shouldn't be allowed to invent something with the sole intention of preventing others from doing the same thing without paying.
Yes, but why would you invent something you have no intent to use. You shouldn't be allowed to invent something with the sole intention of preventing others from doing the same thing without paying.
I come from a research background, so I'm kind of against patents anyway. Imagine someone had invented the wheel and patented it, but never used it for anything. And then tried to license it to anyone else that wanted to use it. And sued them when they didn't. Same goes for software/technology IMO.