Re: [tlug] Patents gone wrong?

["Hector Akamine" <akamine@example.com>]

On 8/28/06, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
> IBM, for one, has a
> huge array of patents, but have a history of using them only
> defensively.

This is not the case if the story below is true (i.e., IBM is not a
"victim" of a broken patent system):
http://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html

I suppose no company can resist the temptation of making extra money
"legally", even if they know the system is broken.