A Patent Lie: How Yahoo Weaponized My Work -- EpicentreWhile most of the tech world was partying at South by Southwest in Austin yesterday, Yahoo announced it was filing a lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly infringing on 10 patents from their 1,000+ patent warehouse.
I’m no fan of Facebook, but this is a deplorable move. It’s nothing less than extortion, expertly timed during the SEC-mandated quiet period before Facebook’s IPO. It’s an attack on invention and the hacker ethic.
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My Comment: Lawyers and patent law .... not a good place to be if you are the target, and right now Facebook is the target..
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