Software Patents Not So Abstract When the Lawsuits Hit Home

[ElNono]

"It's easy to ignore the controversy surrounding software patents, especially if you don't have the passion for technology which Slashdot readers do. But as Dana Nieder discovered, it's not all about major corporations and obscure patent trolls. Her daughter uses a comparatively inexpensive assistive communication app on their iPad, which is being threatened by the makers of a multi-thousand-dollar hardware device (http://niederfamily.blogspot.com/2012/03/goliath-v-david-aac-style.html)."

[ElNono]

Another case where money gets in the way of health, innovation and well-being, IMO...

[TDMVPDPOY]

patents are a load of bullshit, especially ideas that wankers come up but not the technology for it...

if some bum can come up with the technology and never heard of the patented idea, he/she should be entitled to proceed to continue....