The two sides of the software patents discussion
In the “For” camp, Michael Mace: The underlying problem here isn’t about patents; it’s about the use (and abuse) of the legal system as a competitive tool… Are we obligated to change the patent laws just because Google and HTC were careless? No. Is it in the public interest for us to intervene anyway? I doubt it… It’s hardly an important enough issue to justify stripping the patent protection from every small software company in the US. In the “Against”, Mark Cuban: Because of software and process patents any company could be sued for almost anything. It is impossible to know what
