Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Clueless in Crystal City

Author:	Will Cate
Posted:	2/28/2000; 8:41:02 AM
Topic:	Clueless in Crystal City
Msg #:	15311
Prev/Next:	15310 / 15312

The Seth Shulman article you linked to is great, really gets to the heart of the issue, which is: The Patent Office is clueless; they don't even know where the clue store is. They cannot distinguish between true invention and clever programming. Dot-com lawyers realize this, and have told their masters "Hey, we can use the Patent Office to generate license fees and drive away our competition."

They are substituting a disfunctional government artifice for genuine marketplace competition. I agree; "No more pesos for Bezos!"

I've never used Priceline.com... the whole idea of not knowing what you're really getting until you've paid for it strikes me as a bit ridiculous. (This is what they've patented?)

-- Will

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