So you want to patent any unique tech in the neo to prevent some scum
from patenting your ideas then taking openmoko to court?
Then just do it! Its in everyones interest not to see openmoko taken
down so I'd imagine anyone here with an ounce of sense would not have a
bad word to say about that.
Its really that simple, is it not?
JonS
Sean Moss-Pultz wrote:
Dear Community,
Most of you know that OpenMoko is a fully independent company at this
point. With this great opportunity comes many challenges. Today I
would like to share one with you all and ask for some advice.
We need to file patents for our hardware as well as software designs.
While my personal views on software patents are inline with people
like Eben Moglen, as a company, we are forced to play by the rules of
the game.
What I want is for a our company's patents to be freely available, for
anyone, but for defensive purposes only.
Are there any existing options available to us now? Does anyone know
of existing companies or organizations with a similar strategy that we
can seek guidance or partnership.
Again, I want to emphasize that we only want our patents to be used in
defense. And what constitutes defense is something that we want to be
able to define (and potentially even redefine when new threats arise).
Thanks in advance for the help.
Sean
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