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Tag: Patents

Just a few thoughts

Posted on July 21, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Just a few thoughts

It’s been an interesting week, so lets just take a moment to toss out a few thoughts. First thing is the whole patent wars that are going on now. I find it awful, stupid and deplorable. This is what happens when companies are afraid of each other. Instead of working on making things better and…

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Patents: Bane of the Tech World

Posted on July 16, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Patents: Bane of the Tech World

The patent world is a jumbled mess. Companies are suing companies left and right. In the end, the consumer and economy get hurt. News broke yesterday that Apple has won a round in the patent infringement case against HTC. HTC of course is appealing. Meanwhile HTC has purchased S3 to sue Apple. Kodak has sued…

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Beware the Patent Trolls…

Posted on November 1, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Beware the Patent Trolls…

So here we are, a society that considers itself civilized. A society that has tons of issues. A society that loves clogging up the court system with litigation. You get litigation if you buy coffee at McDonald’s and spill it on yourself, if you are a 4 year old who hit an older lady while…

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