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  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2010 @ 03:02pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Actually is is easy for the patent office to keep saying no & this is how the backlog became so large. Big business interests usually have an entitlement mentality and think that they should have the right (much like Mike) to take inventions without compensating the inventor. In fact, the whole troll thing was cooked up by Intel when a small company that they had run into bankruptcy sold some important patents to another party. In that way the inventor was able deal a blow to their persecutors.

    Big companies like to whine about venue, yet for many decades they took advantage of venue to get the court of their choice to rubber stamp their theft of inventors patent property rights. While they still own some venues they don't own them all.

    What is important today is that these companies do have the ability to influence the USPTO to run interference on their behalf. In fact, their influence even extends to being able to hand pick top USPTO leadership regardless of which party is in power.

    Big business is not very inventive. There is a big difference between filing for lots of patents and actually producing a really significant invention. Small incremental inventions do have value, but in a different way than more important inventions.

    Anyway, the goal of big business is to turn the patent system into a kings sport. Endless rejections of small entity patents is one way to do this. Patent Deform legislation is another.

    Public relations campaigns in the form of paid bloggers, buying select journalists or at least buying their employers with advertising revenue is another. Putting select academics on their payroll is yet another.

    They cannot invent but they are very effective at propaganda.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2010 @ 05:55am

    Mike Masnick In Denial

    "Ah, the royal "we." From my experience many more people understand these arguments and recognize my position rather than come to "disrespect me." The only people I've seen get upset are folks who abuse the system for profit."

    As far as I know the "we" does not include any royalty, I expect that TechDIRT is beneath their notice. But to be frank, you have acquired a reputation in the inventor community. People make fun of you ignorance about the system all the time.

    The Constitution spells out rights for inventors and those rights are implemented in patent law. Patents have economic value and when others copy inventions covered by a patent which is in force the owners of those patents have the right to seek redress. Suing a sleazy thieving infringer is not abusing the system. It is defending a property right.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2010 @ 03:16pm

    Re: Re: Re: Perfectly Simple Fix

    At last we have found common ground, there is most certainly not shortage of ignorant "arrogant jackasses" among TechDIRT lemmings.

    On your second point I submit that EVERYONE's job is impacted by intellectual property and that America is better off for it. Our collective high standard of living cannot be sustained in a global economy if not for the new wealth created by inventors.

    TechDIRT is an example of this, big companies feed off others inventions. TechDIRT feeds off those big companies and curries appears favor in a variety of ways.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2010 @ 03:04pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness

    It has been my experience that Mike Masnick cites fringe sources and corporate stooges.

    Beyond that, Mike Masnick ignores the substantive issues in replies, instead focusing on minuscule and unimportant aspects of such replies in an attempt to mask the fact that his position on patent issues are flat out wrong.

    The way Mike Masnick argues reminds me of the way an attorney whose client in in the wrong argues.

    We see a stream of people visit TechDIRT who offer reasoned positions who fairly quickly come to disrespect Mike Masnick. They are in my view well justified.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2010 @ 09:06pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness

    Mike,

    maybe you need to consider how your conduct causes people to decide it is not worth making a substantive response.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2010 @ 08:33pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness

    Is anyone surprised when Mike cites studies which were probably sponsored by members of the Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness or the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Deform?

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2010 @ 01:05pm

    Re: Perfectly Simple Fix

    Most big companies do file patents for defensive purposes. Unfortunately, they file lots of minor incremental improvements and then thump their chests and brag about how many patents they have. IBM is a very good example of this. It is quantity rather than quality. This is useful when they get in a ta ta with another big company but does nothing to protect then from a small entity with truly disruptive technology.

    Defensive patenting still teaches, granted very small teachings and it starts the clock ticking to pass what the invention taught into public domain. In the meantime it may become a catalyst for other inventions.

    Here is a concept that Mike Masnick probably understands. Some people do not want to be hired by big companies. They have visions of building their own company and see their inventions as a means of generating the capital to fund their efforts.

    Bob Kearns and Gorden Gould came along and waged thirty year wars for their invention property rights. Both won and even more important is that their battles educated the public about how disreputable most of the big companies are.

    From the 1920 through the 1960s not one patent was upheld for inventors. The only chance an inventor had was to build a company under the big guys radar and if they made enough money before being noticed they had a chance of surviving and if not the big corporate crooks simply took what they wanted with impunity. At that time inventors were mostly forced to work for big companies.

    Then came corporate downsizing and quarter to quarter management. They literally drove all long term planners out and in the process pretty much insured that all significant inventions would be held by small companies.

    Patent law does not make infringement illegal. If it did inventors would not need to sue infringers to receive compensation.

    "The poster child for the patent bar is always the lone inventor who lives off his licensing revenue. News flash: Such inventors pretty much do not exist, they are certainly economically insignificant."

    There are hundreds of thousands of those lone inventors and if their contributions were insignificant companies like Microsoft and IBM would not be whining about mythical trolls and paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

    This post serves as a perfect example of the scope of TechDIRT ignorance and when it comes to patents and their economics Mike Masnick's writings are every bit as bad as the one I am replying to now.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2010 @ 08:50pm

    What is Mike Smoking?

    "Ronald, since 2005, I've pointed out to you that I don't support the patent reform proposals, and you continue to pretend that I do. Then you suggest I'm bought by those who support it, even as I trash them for their own patent practices (see the very next post for example).

    Is it so hard to recognize what I'm saying without making up lies about me?"

    Maybe you are mixing up different people's comments because I did not suggest in this post that you are a hired stooge but it is clear that some people do think that is the case. I simply pointed out that the Piracy Coalition has misrepresented their prospects of passing the bill year after year. At this point they have spent in excess of a billion dollars trying to pass this bill, a bargain when one considers that they are stealing billions every year. Well it would be a bargain if they were actually competent enough to pass it.

    What is a shame is that there are a number of other issues where I would be inclined to support you but your ignorant positions on patents force me concentrate on that.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2010 @ 08:37pm

    Re: Re: Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness

    "I'm curious, Ronald, how is getting rid of bad patents a get out of jail free card. Again, nothing in lowering the standard would impact good patents. It only impacts bad patents."

    Bad patents are not litigated because no one invests anything from two to tens of millions of dollars in enforcing a patent if they think it is bad.

    For every patent which is litigated patent thieves get away with stealing scores of other patents.

    How many patents have members of the Piracy & Fairness Coalition claimed are bad only to be handed their heads in court?

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Will The Supreme Court Review Patent Invalidation Standard In Microsoft vs. i4i Case?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2010 @ 06:24pm

    Coalition for Patent Piracy & Fairness

    Piracy Coalition members leave no stone unturned in their efforts to turn the patent system into a king's sport. They are desperate to get an unlimited get out of jail free pass.

    They have been handed their heads on Patent Deform once again and already their stooges are claiming that 2011 is the year for Patent Deform. We have been hearing these claims every year since 2005. They are good at two things, endless creative public relations propaganda (including buying bloggers) and stealing others inventions.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Football Helmet Maker Drives Competitor Into Bankruptcy With Patent Lawsuits

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2010 @ 05:59pm

    1) We are all volunteers and there is a pool of staff email accounts which PIAUSA volunteers can use. Even I do not know who is making specific posts. In any event, none of us are paid as is the case for many bloggers who are paid to carry water for specific companies. It seems pretty clear that there are paid stooges on TechDIRT.

    2) "Riddell was not doing anything better" is a false statement. Riddell invented a better way to do something and Schutt was found to have misappropriated Riddell's invention.

    This was one of numerous deficiencies in Schutt's business model.

    The patent system is based on driving companies to compete by producing a better invention, not to just copy another person's invention. Copying is not competing. Out inventing an adversary is competing. Clearly Schutt was unable to compete in the invention arena, and now they have to pay the toll or expire.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Would Photography Have Been Different If It Had Been Patented Up?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 09 Sep, 2010 @ 12:15pm

    TechDIRT FUD

    http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi

    What cost $30000 in 1839 would cost $596861.92 in 2009.

    Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2009 and 1839,
    they would cost you $30000 and $1501.85 respectively.

    More FUD. Mike says "with each receiving the equivalent today of $30,000 per year -- a decent, but hardly huge sum."

    So the pair received about 1.2 million in today's dollars per year. That is a very nice deal, better than the deal a majority of inventors get today.

    If the government started handing out these kinds of rewards, 1.2 million a year for twenty years (remember that the example was for life) most inventors would be happy settle.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Jury Dumps Patent Used To Sue Facebook

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2010 @ 06:25pm

    Too Soon To Crow

    "the jury in the case seemed to agree with me" The jury probably does not know you exist, much less agree with you.

    Most certainly, Delaware is well known for it's bias in favor of big corporate interests so if Mike was smart he would not crow until after the appeals process is complete.

    Patents are a great equalizer which allows inventive upstart start up companies to take on and win against big companies, something which it appears a number of your clients have learned the hard way.

    Ronald J. Riley,

    Speaking only on my own behalf.
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 - (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • What Good Are The Patents On Oil-Eating Bacteria Doing Us?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2010 @ 09:20am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    "I see. So you are saying that oil-eating bacteria are working? And it's all a big lie that we're not using them?"

    Can you prove that no one anywhere is using oil eating bacteria?

    The invention TAUGHT and even if the art has not yet advanced enough to use at this time the invention was still the foundation of what may come.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    I am speaking only on my own behalf.
    Affiliations:
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • What Good Are The Patents On Oil-Eating Bacteria Doing Us?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2010 @ 09:17am

    Re: Re:

    "Nor did I say it did. I was expressing my opinion based on the LACK OF facts in that article."

    Note correction. The underlying problem with TechDIRT is an inability to recognize actual facts.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    I am speaking only on my own behalf.
    Affiliations:
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • What Good Are The Patents On Oil-Eating Bacteria Doing Us?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2010 @ 09:10am

    Re: Re: Hey there scarecrow

    "And during that time, research into this area was stifled."

    Utter bunk. During that time those who did not want to pay for use of the invention were stimulated to invent other methods of accomplishing the task.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    I am speaking only on my own behalf.
    Affiliations:
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Court Won't Move Patent Lawsuit Out Of East Texas, Despite Plaintiff's 'Ephemeral' Connection To Texas

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 14 May, 2010 @ 09:29am

    Are faster courts as knowledgeable?

    "It seems you should have your company located somewhere that will be able to hold a trial sooner than East Texas if you want to avoid the "big" state."

    There are somewhat faster venues but it is unclear if those venues rules stop abusive delaying litigation tactics which are routinely used by large corporate predators.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    I am speaking only on my own behalf.
    Affiliations:
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 14 May, 2010 @ 06:37am

    Re: Re: A clown is qualified to render opinions ?

    I disagree with much of what Mike Masnick has to say, especially when it comes to patents and inventions. But at least he is man enough to sign his name regardless of how ignorant some of his comments may be.

    You need to start doing the same and you also need to start replying to the substantive parts of a comment rather than focusing on petty crap like a sig file.

    I submit that this is evidence of your suffering from the Little Person Syndrome. It does not have to be this way, you do not need to wallow in self pity.

    Your self esteem will greatly improve if you start doing productive things. Become a creator rather than a destroyer.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    I am speaking only on my own behalf.
    Affiliations:
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 14 May, 2010 @ 06:30am

    Re: Re: Masnick is qualified to render opinions ?

    Mike asks "What business do you run, Ronald?"

    You should be able to easily find this information for yourself.

    I started my first business when I was 19, over forty years ago. I guess that means I have more experience at executing that you :) I run several for profit businesses, a 114 acre farm which produces nursery stock (trees which turn CO2 in oxygen), a R&D business, and we manufacture electrified monorail controllers and other industrial control products.

    I also run several community service organizations which for the purposes of these discussions I detail in my sig file.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    I am speaking only on my own behalf.
    Affiliations:
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over One Of The Broadest Patents You'll Ever See

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 14 May, 2010 @ 06:17am

    Mike has never produced credible evidence.

    All the corporate shills on TechDIRT do is cite propaganda produced by other corporate shills. One big happy family of corporate stooges and shills.

    Clearly, some are paid stooges while others are just stupid pawns (read programmers).

    By the way, Patent Deform, a thinly veiled attempt to facilitate theft of inventions is going down in flames once again :)

    Ronald J. Riley,


    I am speaking only on my own behalf.
    Affiliations:
    President - www.PIAUSA.org - RJR at PIAUSA.org
    Executive Director - www.InventorEd.org - RJR at InvEd.org
    Senior Fellow - www.PatentPolicy.org
    President - Alliance for American Innovation
    Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
    Washington, DC
    Direct (810) 597-0194 / (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

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