[Info-vax] HTTP/2 stole my Applet

[Paul Sture]

On 2016-06-19, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> lawrencedo99 at gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>> Why?
>
> I'm assuming that you're asking why a patent protects an idea?
>
> So, you come up with a better mousetrap, and you get a patent.  You
> may want to produce and sell the better mousetrap.  So you incur
> considerable expense setting up production.  If anybody could then
> copy your better mousetrap, and undercut your price, then you are
> going to lose the investment.
>
> Would we have innovators, if they knew someone would just steal their ideas?

Would we have innovators, if they knew some patent troll would steal their
ideas?

> Sort of like China, huh?

Or with patent trolls, closer to home?

:-) but not entirely joking

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