Ooh, Ooh, The Bogeyman is Gonna Getcha with His Stupid Patents. Or Maybe Not.

“I’m being buried alive in email about the Fortune article about
Microsoft’s patent saber rattling, which I thought so unimportant I
put it in News Picks earlier. Here’s why I’m not unduly worried so
far.

“My reasons for not worrying are:

1. “The recent KSR decision by the Supreme Court on obviousness
   means that suing anybody will result in a lot of those patents
   being thrown out. Yes. You’ve seen some of the issued Microsoft
   patents and you laughed. Extrapolate. The Microsoft v. AT&T
   case also has interesting implications. The patent landscape has
   radically altered…”

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