And here it is, the official list of the 10 things you will never ever hear me say.
- ” But seriously, Internet Explorer is WAY better! “
- ” Wow, my new MacBookTM is so hottttttt! “
- ” Well, Bob. I thinkI’ll take ‘Melody Club’ for 500. “
- ” I’ve had enough of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane! “
- ” Friggin hell, not summer again! I wanted more snow… “
- ” No officer, I have never seen this bag before in my life “
- ” If this is a loaded gun? Depends. May I hold it against you? “
- ” Wooohay! Eurovision Song Contest!!!!! “
- ” Oh, and pick up some Pepsi on the way back “
- ” Evolution? Pff, do you believe in those fairytales? “
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I couldn’t help but to laugh. Fractus S.A is actually sueing Samsung, LG, RIM, Pantech, Kyocera, Palm, HTC, Sharp, UTScarcom and Sanyo for infringing on nine of their patents. What’s this all about then? Antennas! That’s right, Fractus is apparently a pioneer in developing internal antennas for cellphones.
Fractus holds over 80 patents worldwide, including over 30 United States patents. “We are grateful that Fractus has chosen us to represent them in enforcing these patents,” said Max Tribble of Susman Godfrey L.L.P., lead lawyer for Fractus. “It is very brave of Fractus to fight against these cell phone companies, many of whom knew about Fractus and its technology yet still continued to infringe. Fractus’s inventions have added tremendous value to both the cell phone user and manufacturer.”
Patents were intended to promote, not prevent. By patenting and disclosing your invention, it would be put to public use, but you would keep the title and credit as being the inventor. Today it’s used to make money by patenting chemical formulas and pushing the prices through the roof, like we just recently witnessed with the swine flu vaccine. It’s used to take care of the competition in IT, by stating “oops, it seems that your fancy little product there infringes on one of our patents. so you can either pay us $$$ or we will see you in court”. And the outcome is often the acquisition of the little company by the big one.
It’s amazing how stupid mankind is at times.
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Yup, I’ve actually been thinking about it. Not what you would think tho. I’ve actually kinda been thinking about lawschool. I mean, for those of you who have read all my various posts on various topics know I rant quite a bit about things. Quite a few of you have also told me that you agree with what I’m saying, that I actually have a point. Things are really messed up in todays society, and I don’t know, perhaps I would be able to make a change. Achieve something good.
We live in a world where the laws are formulated not by poiticians, but the people with the biggest pockets. As long as you can throw money around, there’s good hope that you will be able to come up with some ridiculous law, and that you can then turn that law into some sort of “catch all”, much like what we’ve seen in the trials against The Pirate Bay, as well as the fancy Anti-terror laws that are used for the purpose of violating your privacy without suspicion. It’s no longer about what the law says. It’s about how you shape reality to match the law in question. And that is just wrong.
So, perhaps I would be able to make a change, and actually get to fight for what I think is right. I’m gonna pull a Martin L. here and wrap this post up with the following statement.
I have a dream. A dream of a world where the person matters. Where the person has rights, not only to say what they think, but also to do what they want and what they believe in. A world where the police exists for the purpose of keeping you safe, and not to prey on you for something a chosen few think is wrong. A world where the people set the rules, and where your life IS your life. A world where you are considered to be more than just an immoral number, and where we, the people can say “Stop! This is not what we want!” and be heard. I have a dream.
Maybe some day :)
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