Comments on: US Patent Office Issues Both Poynt and Where Similar Geofence Patents

By: DSt

DSt — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:24:00 +0000

DUHHH please proofread!
that should read ”vs. user input, pulled user info is far more user friendly”

By: DSt

DSt — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:22:00 +0000

I agree with you second update. user input vs. pulled user info is far more user friendly. On that note, Poynt is a much more user friendly app too.

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Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:57:24 +0000

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By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:01:00 +0000

IBM received 5000+ patents last year. Microsoft received 3000+. That’s TWO companies and a SINGLE year. It would be difficult to write anything more than a trivial program without violating some sort of patent.

For me, I hope that if I write anything that makes a lot of money, I can pay for any patent violations I might commit. If I don’t, chances are they aren’t going to come after me.

All in all, it’s a pretty ridiculous scenario, but I don’t have a good way to fix it.