{"id":1390,"date":"2010-03-29T20:44:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T01:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2010-03-29T21:06:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T02:06:14","slug":"tool-maker-loses-lawsuit-for-not-violating-another-companys-patents-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/tool-maker-loses-lawsuit-for-not-violating-another-companys-patents-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tool maker loses lawsuit for not violating another company’s patents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patent system supporters regularly point (slightly misleadingly) to the claim that the patent system gives patent holders the right to exclude others from using their inventions. And, thus, most lawsuits we see around patents revolve around cases involving a company manufacturing a product that includes a patented invention. But what about a lawsuit for a company that deliberately chose not to license or use a patented technology, because it was too expensive?<\/p>\n

Welcome to today’s world.<\/p>\n

(from Tool maker loses lawsuit for not violating another company’s patents<\/a>, TechDirt<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Without patents, nobody would invent anything ever!”
\n“Without copyrights, nobody would create anything ever!”
\n“Without trademarks, nobody would name anything ever!”<\/p>\n

“IP” stands for “imaginary privilege”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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