Comments on: To Patent or Not To Patent? http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/ Building Momentum at Alice.com Tue, 25 May 2010 20:19:23 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Flywheel » Blog Archive » In re Bilski–Software Patents are Clear as Mud http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Flywheel » Blog Archive » In re Bilski–Software Patents are Clear as Mud Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:25:51 +0000 http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/#comment-90 [...] already blogged about our struggle to decide whether to seek patent protection at Alice.com here. Bilski doesn’t really make the decision any clearer. If all Bilski portends is that you can [...] [...] already blogged about our struggle to decide whether to seek patent protection at Alice.com here. Bilski doesn’t really make the decision any clearer. If all Bilski portends is that you can [...]

]]> By: Mark McGuire http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Mark McGuire Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:18:54 +0000 http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/#comment-65 Thanks Eric, that post was great. I love the analogy Fred Wilson uses that patents are like the nuclear arms race. If you don't have a bomb or two, you are at the mercy of those that do. As I mentioned in my post, we are filing in part for just this reason. Thanks Eric, that post was great. I love the analogy Fred Wilson uses that patents are like the nuclear arms race. If you don’t have a bomb or two, you are at the mercy of those that do. As I mentioned in my post, we are filing in part for just this reason.

]]> By: Eric http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Eric Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:33:13 +0000 http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/#comment-64 Hey Mark, Not sure if you read this post (http://tinyurl.com/43ytx4) but thought it complemented your observations perfectly. Eric Hey Mark,

Not sure if you read this post (http://tinyurl.com/43ytx4) but thought it complemented your observations perfectly.

Eric

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]]> By: Stopsoftwarepatents: Software patents are too slow http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Stopsoftwarepatents: Software patents are too slow Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:56:00 +0000 http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/#comment-53 [...] http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/ [...] [...] http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/ [...]

]]> By: zoobab http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-52 zoobab Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:50:52 +0000 http://flywheelblog.com/2008/09/to-patent-or-not-to-patent/#comment-52 Pros: * Patent trolls like them: They can buy cheap patents when the startup is dead and when there is only one patent remaining, waiting to be sold to someone when the company is liquidated. Pros:

* Patent trolls like them: They can buy cheap patents when the startup is dead and when there is only one patent remaining, waiting to be sold to someone when the company is liquidated.

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