Re: Pushing back the barriers and being demolished by IBM

"Roger Bowler" <rogerbowler-/[email protected]> Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:55:03 -0000
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--- In [email protected], Ron Hilton wrote:
> The best remedy is a commercial one, which is to develop one's
> own IP portfolio. As I have stated before on this forum, the
> best defense is a good offense when it comes to IP. Has Hercules
> yet considered creating or joining a software patent commons?
> The key would be to develop at least one high-value patent that
> IBM needs or wants for their proprietary mainframe product plans.
> Then Hercules would then have some leverage to induce IBM to
> put their mainframe IP into the software commons for non-commercial
> use, in exchange for allowing them commercial use of the Hercules
> IP.

Ron,

While I can see the logic in what you propose, I think you might be overest=
imating the wealth of the average Herculean. A previous note in this forum =
estimated the cost of filing a patent to be $10,000 minimum and probably a =
lot more. Just one patent is WAY out of the league of anything Herculeans c=
ould afford. And I don't see anyone else stepping up to pay for it.

When you consider that IBM claims to have 40,000 patents already and is inc=
reasing that number by over 3000 per year (see http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licen=
sing/patents/ ) it means that EVERY WORKING DAY they gain more than 10 new =
ways to stifle competitive invention. At that rate, even if we could afford=
 the cost (and the peg to place on our nose while we file the patent applic=
ation), filing for one or two patents as a strategy for combatting IBM's st=
ranglehold on the mainframe marketplace seems to me like whistling in the w=
ind.

Kind regards,
Roger Bowler
Hercules "the people's mainframe"


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--- In <a href="mailto:hercules-advocacy%40yahoogroups.com">[email protected]</a>, Ron Hilton wrote:<br>
&gt; The best remedy is a commercial one, which is to develop one's<br>
&gt; own IP portfolio. As I have stated before on this forum, the<br>
&gt; best defense is a good offense when it comes to IP. Has Hercules<br>
&gt; yet considered creating or joining a software patent commons?<br>
&gt; The key would be to develop at least one high-value patent that<br>
&gt; IBM needs or wants for their proprietary mainframe product plans.<br>
&gt; Then Hercules would then have some leverage to induce IBM to<br>
&gt; put their mainframe IP into the software commons for non-commercial<br>
&gt; use, in exchange for allowing them commercial use of the Hercules<br>
&gt; IP.<br>
<br>
Ron,<br>
<br>
While I can see the logic in what you propose, I think you might be overestimating the wealth of the average Herculean. A previous note in this forum estimated the cost of filing a patent to be $10,000 minimum and probably a lot more. Just one patent is WAY out of the league of anything Herculeans could afford. And I don't see anyone else stepping up to pay for it.<br>
<br>
When you consider that IBM claims to have 40,000 patents already and is increasing that number by over 3000 per year (see <a href="http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/">http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/</a> ) it means that EVERY WORKING DAY they gain more than 10 new ways to stifle competitive invention. At that rate, even if we could afford the cost (and the peg to place on our nose while we file the patent application), filing for one or two patents as a strategy for combatting IBM's stranglehold on the mainframe marketplace seems to me like whistling in the wind.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Roger Bowler<br>
Hercules &quot;the people's mainframe&quot;<br>
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