Comments on: EchoStar sues TiVo, Humax over patents http://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/05/05/echostar-sues-tivo-humax-over-patents/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: buranhttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/05/05/echostar-sues-tivo-humax-over-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-654 buran Thu, 05 May 2005 23:51:30 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/05/05/echostar-sues-tivo-humax-over-patents/#comment-654 Patents rarely defend innovation anymore. These days, they're used to crush your competition, or sometimes to prevent beneficial uses of technology (for example, researchers often have to beg some company for permission before they can use drugs in research, or research something, even when the research could be used to cure ailments and help the sick. It's pathetic.My boss is working on getting a patent, actually, on a machine he's developing... but he isn't the litigious type. (I hope I'm right!). He wants to use the patent for what patents were meant to be used for.The system does need an overhaul, though. While my boss' idea is non-obvious, we think, there's a lot of stuff out there that's patented but is still obvious. That's the competition-crushing kind.I think that if you want to do well, you should genuinely make something that people want instead of bludgeoning everyone else. Patents rarely defend innovation anymore. These days, they’re used to crush your competition, or sometimes to prevent beneficial uses of technology (for example, researchers often have to beg some company for permission before they can use drugs in research, or research something, even when the research could be used to cure ailments and help the sick. It’s pathetic.

My boss is working on getting a patent, actually, on a machine he’s developing… but he isn’t the litigious type. (I hope I’m right!). He wants to use the patent for what patents were meant to be used for.

The system does need an overhaul, though. While my boss’ idea is non-obvious, we think, there’s a lot of stuff out there that’s patented but is still obvious. That’s the competition-crushing kind.

I think that if you want to do well, you should genuinely make something that people want instead of bludgeoning everyone else.

]]> By: stile99http://www.gizmolovers.com/2005/05/05/echostar-sues-tivo-humax-over-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-653 stile99 Thu, 05 May 2005 22:41:13 +0000 http://www.tivolovers.com/2005/05/05/echostar-sues-tivo-humax-over-patents/#comment-653 Ok, maybe this specific article is a little low on information, and it is covered better in other articles. However, based on just this one:Isn't it interesting that TiVo has a specific statement, and ES's response seems to boil down to "Oh yeah? Well...same to you! (We'll figure out what ones you've infringed on later if we have to)"? Ok, maybe this specific article is a little low on information, and it is covered better in other articles. However, based on just this one:

Isn’t it interesting that TiVo has a specific statement, and ES’s response seems to boil down to “Oh yeah? Well…same to you! (We’ll figure out what ones you’ve infringed on later if we have to)”?

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