[Squawk 8888]

(((.)))

[ShadowAce]

[Squawk 8888]

So sorry Bill, Canadian courts interpret our laws according to Canadian law, not US law. Bummer, eh?

[TomGuy]

IIRC, it was that founder of MS who once remarked:

“Good ideas are meant to be borrowed. Great ideas are meant to be stolen.”

[kingu]

Software patents... Absolute rubbish. Patents were always intended for protection of physical creations or the arts. I wonder how much of the economy is drained each year continuing this horrible system that stifles innovation and creation. I’d guess at least tens of billions, if not a lot more.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft had argued that a lower standard of proof involving a “preponderance of the evidence” would make some “bad” patents easier to invalidate while promoting innovation and competition.”

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If that Canadian company’s patent was so “bad,” why did Microsoft infringe upon it?

[Sloth]

Fortunately, $290M is less than Microsoft spends on coffee filters each week.

[SpaceBar]

Microsoft: the law firm that thinks it’s a software company.