tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post110323780089677003..comments2024-03-28T13:23:33.281+00:00Comments on The IPKat: CROSS-LICENSING: A GAME FOR TWO?Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1103839675320112972004-12-23T22:07:00.000+00:002004-12-23T22:07:00.000+00:00quote:
"Cross-licenses are not the reason for pat...quote:<br /><br />"Cross-licenses are not the reason for patent thickets. They only make it possible to live with the consequences, at least for the big players."<br /><br />But that is exactly the whole trick; patents is about blocking others, making it impossible for starters while making it all possible for "yourself" and "friends" ("yourself"as in being a big company)<br />In Dutch there is a ryme: "ikke, ikke, ikke en de rest kan stikke"<br />It says "me, me, me and the rest may choke"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1103544007013946322004-12-20T12:00:00.000+00:002004-12-20T12:00:00.000+00:00I think, that in the end it's still the
common mor...I think, that in the end it's still the<br />common morale that determines, how business<br />is done. As the common morale is very low<br />these days, we get exactly the kind of<br />environment, where everyone slams the rest as<br />much as the law let's them to and the ones<br />that assemble the law, are either directly or<br />indirectly corrupt.<br /><br />Well, You know the song from Eurythmics:<br />"... Sweet dreams are made of this, <br />who ever dares to disagree,<br />some of them want to abuse you,<br />some of them want to be abused by you..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1103261938585467982004-12-17T05:38:00.000+00:002004-12-17T05:38:00.000+00:00I fail to understand your position.
If someone wa...I fail to understand your position.<br /><br />If someone wants to enter some market, it might be "effectively impossible" to do so because everything one can possibly do in that market is covered by 1001 patents.<br /><br />However, a contract between third parties about cross-licensing has no effect whatsoever on the position of the new player. The patents stop or don't stop him regardless of if they stop some competitor who has a cross-license deal.<br /><br />Cross-licenses are not the reason for patent thickets. They only make it possible to live with the consequences, at least for the big players.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com