On: Open letter to Obama re: software patent reform

[rgrieselhuber]

I would also add:

* If you're going to sue someone for patent violations, you have to go after the largest company in your industry violating your claims.

* Big companies don't get to sue smaller companies

[trapper → rgrieselhuber]

Agree on the first. The second would be easy to get around (subsidiaries).

[rgrieselhuber → trapper]

I've thought of that but I think you could structure the regulation to account for those situations.

[unalone → rgrieselhuber]

Agreed with the first - to some degree. But I can too easily envision a company spending millions on some technology and never benefitting from it before it's undercut by a swarm of small companies.