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  • On the post: Husband Sues Google For Patent Infringement; Wife Sues Google For Trademark Infringement

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 20 May, 2009 @ 06:53pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Does it ever stop?

    Mike,
    Do you have any idea of how many times I hear someone claim to be an inventor. This is especially true of second rate software hacks who recode others inventions in a marginally different way and convince themselves that they are inventive. Copying is not the same as producing the original invention.

    To be validated as an inventor you must teach the invention with a patent or with a disclosure document which meets the same criteria. You have never done this and show no signs of doing so, ergo actual inventors will never buy your claims that you are one.

    Using your definition of innovation is questionable. In any event you cannot have innovation without inventions. Misappropriating others inventions and combining them in a product does not make anyone an inventor, it makes them an infringer.

    When an inventor sues a sleaze bag infringer they are repossessing wealth which their invention created.

    And last, blackmailing trademark owners is flat out variation of a protection racket. Your inability to understand the underlying ethics of both this trademark issue and of stealing others' inventions tells all.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Husband Sues Google For Patent Infringement; Wife Sues Google For Trademark Infringement

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 20 May, 2009 @ 06:06pm

    Re: Mullin Response to Ronald Riley

    It sure is strange that I posted twice, two different days and it never appeared. Actions speak louder than words and your bias is so extreme that it is impossible to explain.

    Twenty years ago I founded the Professional Inventors Alliance to kick the crap out of big corporate patent thieves. We have made considerable progress.

    In the nineteen-nineties corporate thieves dismissed inventors. We handed their their heads in one session after another.

    Over the last five years Piracy Coalition members have painted a rosy picture of passage of Patent Deform every year only to be handed defeat after defeat.

    It seems that aside from larceny of inventors work on the grandest of scales that they are not doing too well.

    There is an important lesson in all this, and as soon as these crooks learn it we can all prosper. They need to start dealing reputably with inventors.

    The only reason that patent enforcement entities have a viable business model is that corporations are by choice creating huge liabilities. Starting licensing before use and their problems will go away after they make restitution for all their existing sins.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Husband Sues Google For Patent Infringement; Wife Sues Google For Trademark Infringement

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 19 May, 2009 @ 07:36pm

    Just Warming Up, More To Come :)

    Some people have really flawed reasoning processes. For some reason TechDIRT seems to draw them.

  • On the post: Husband Sues Google For Patent Infringement; Wife Sues Google For Trademark Infringement

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 19 May, 2009 @ 07:29pm

    Joe Mullin Censorship ??

    Joe Mullin Censorship ??

    “http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/05/of-patent-trolls-and-trademark-champions-a-tale-of-two-spangenbergs.html
    May 18, 2009 1:03 PM
    Of Patent Trolls and Trademark Champions: A Tale of Two Spangenbergs
    Posted by Dimitra Kessenides - By Joe Mulllin in IP Law & Business”

    AMLawDaily has failed to post my response which follows to the forum. It appears that either the publication or Joe Mullin believe in censorship. It is a fact that Mike Masnick and I seriously disagree about IP issues but he has never stooped to the level of censoring my comments. Perhaps Mr. Mullin can explain why he has apparently chosen this path.

    === Response to Mullin ===

    Mr. Mullin most certainly has a biased perspective on IP issues. Big business rules supreme and small business or individual inventors should immediately assume a submissive position whenever the big guys want something.

    It seems obvious to me that Google has a pattern of conduct of disrespecting others IP rights, especially when they can make a easy buck doing so. We see this in Google's approach to dealing with inventors who have produced inventions which Google needs to advance their business interests and now we see Google setting up a situation where trademark owners get to bid against their competitors, with all the resulting money flowing to Google.

    Of course, it is unfortunate that they did this with someone connected to what from I can tell is a very effective litigator.

    Since Mr. Mullin thinks that Mrs. Spangenberg's martial arrangements are relevant to the underlying issue of Google's business model of selling others trademark rights I think it is also relevant to inquire as to why Mr. Mullin's coverage of these issues is so biased. Is this driven simply by extreme ideology and bias favoring big business or is there more to it? I have to wonder if there is any business relationship between Mr. Mullin and members of the Coalition for Patent Fairness (aka. the Piracy Coalition).

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Husband Sues Google For Patent Infringement; Wife Sues Google For Trademark Infringement

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 19 May, 2009 @ 06:49pm

    Erich Spangenberg & Other White Knights

    Joe Mullin and Mike Masnick like to demonize attorneys and patent enforcement companies who come to the rescue of independent and academic inventors and their small businesses.

    What Joe Mullin and Mike Masnick overlook is that these corporations play the lottery to see just how much they can get away with stealing and in the process they are killing job creation and stealing American ingenuity and prosperity to line their and only their own pockets.

    We all need to ask what motivates Joe Mullin and Mike Masnick? Are they really blind to how atrocious the conduct of the Coalition for Patent Fairness has become?

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Husband Sues Google For Patent Infringement; Wife Sues Google For Trademark Infringement

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 19 May, 2009 @ 06:18pm

    Re: Re: Does it ever stop?

    PS, Mike's business is an example, he told us so, of a company which has produced NO inventions. He seems to be quite proud of this.

    For every invention based company there are scores of companies who chug along producing mediocre services or reselling low margin commodities produced in developing countries. There is nothing wrong with this kind of business as long as they are not built on stealing others property to underwrite their operations.

    Many people even eek out a living this way. But decent margins come from invention based business (one exception being the crooks in banking and financial services).

    New wealth comes from inventions. Most of the other business are based on moving wealth from one person's pocket to another person's pocket. They can only prosper when someone is creating new wealth in the system.

    No parasite can prosper if they kill the host. The essence of the Patent Deform argument is that the parasites have forgotten their place in the grand scheme of things (Pay close attention Mike.)

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Husband Sues Google For Patent Infringement; Wife Sues Google For Trademark Infringement

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 19 May, 2009 @ 06:07pm

    Re: Does it ever stop?

    "This is as bad as insurance fraud - and these people should be treated as criminals."

    This is so refreshing, finally someone on TechDIRT sees the truth. The insurance industry has been defrauding policyholders for a a very long time. Their conduct is atrocious, every bit as bad as patent pirating tech companies.

    In fact, the insurance industry is one of the pillars of support of the Coalition for Patent Fairness (aka. Piracy Coalition). Banking is another, washed up tech the third (companies who started as inventors but lost their edge), and last tech who never produced a really significant invention (examples being Dell, Cisco, and Micron).

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: We Waited Too Long To Figure Out If Genes Are Patentable

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 16 May, 2009 @ 06:48am

    Re: Inventor Shops

    "We would have had the patent reform act 2 years ago if the tech companies didn't say no. Now, we're getting the same things, but through the courts instead."

    Actually this is not the case. It was the entry of organized labor into the fray which stalled Patent Deform.

    The independent inventor community has been tossing graveling in the gears of Patent Deform since about 1992.

    You should all be supporting our efforts because without patent protected invention based small business there is nothing standing between America's current standard of living and a precipitous drop far worse than what we have already seen.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Why Isn't There A Fan-Use Exception To Copyright Law?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 16 May, 2009 @ 06:18am

    Copyright holders often produce serial publications and have planned how the story line will evolve over time. Fan web sites can interfere with this. fan website are often used as loss leaders for commercial purposes. IE, the FREE content rides the coattails of the copyright holder's intellectual property rights and is used to generate a profit on other sales.

    There are good reasons that a fan website is not fair use.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Why Is Google Changing Its AdWords Trademark Policy Now?

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 16 May, 2009 @ 05:50am

    Is Google a Trademark Parasite?

    "Some might argue that it's a pure money grab, as this will allow more (and potentially more lucrative) advertising to run on the site, but the cost of lawsuits and the uncertainty of those lawsuits could be quite expensive."

    Good for you Mike. Lets face the reality that staggering success tends to cultivate equally staggering egos. Those big egos often put the founders and their companies into an ethical downward spiral.

    I honestly don't know if Google really started with good intentions or it was all media hype. But there is little doubt in my mind that today Google needs a good spanking to return them to a more ethical path.

    We really need antitrust action to temper Google's attitude. I think that they are committing far too much evil.

    Using someone else trademark for profit is wrong. Using it to criticize them is clearly fair use. I most certainly agree that trademark is being abused in some cases but we should not undermine the purpose because some misuse trademark law. Conversely, we should also not allow parasites to unjustly profit from use of others trademarks as appears to be the case with Google.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Sony Pictures CEO: Nothing Good Has Come From The Internet

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 16 May, 2009 @ 05:27am

    We agree

    Mike, when you are not writing nonsense about patents and inventors you do occasionally make some good points and this is one of them. Sony used to represent an excellent brand but today "Sony is style without substance". Both their products and service are garbage. After spending about $10,000 on three notebooks which looked great but suffered from serious deficiencies and having to put up with Sony disservice I no longer consider any Sony products.

    Sony has lost its edge and that is probably a result of poor management.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: We Waited Too Long To Figure Out If Genes Are Patentable

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 14 May, 2009 @ 05:04pm

    Credibility

    Lets examine credibility:

    1) I have multiple patents and Mike has none.
    2) I have commercialized patents and Mike has not.
    3) I have been dealing with public policy issues related to inventing and the utility of the patent system far longer than Mike and understand the issues in ways which no blowhard pseudo self professed expert can possibility understand.

    Mike, you constantly spout nonsense about the patent system and inventing, and never seem to learn. You constantly argue around the real issues. Your conduct looks much like a PR shill.

    Why is it that the inevitable result of your interactions with inventors is their coming to disrespect you? There is a reason that they shift from trying to educate you to simply making fun of you.

    The reason is that ignorance of patent and invention issues coupled with a huge ego and unwillingness to learn from your mistakes all culture disrespect.

    I am going to make one more attempt to educate you. You say "You do realize that all of the nasty warnings you guys made about how the rulings in MercExchange and KSR would destroy innovation in America didn't come true? Yeah, you haven't yet explained that."

    What do you think the latency is in the life cycle of inventing? I submit that MercExchange and KSR are already extracting a terrible toll on the invention process. It will take ten to twenty years for the full impact to become apparent in the marketplace and it will ten take a similar amount of time to fix the problem.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: UK Patent Office Approves Software Patent… Rationalizes The Decision

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 13 May, 2009 @ 10:22am

    Inventions Implemented in Software Important

    Mike, I really appreciated your frankness when you wrote; “But... uh... what software doesn't make a "technical contribution" of some sort?”.

    Software inventions are becoming increasingly important. It would be foolish not to allow patents on inventions implemented in software.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Free Does Not Mean No Business Model

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 09 May, 2009 @ 05:25am

    "FREE" Shysters

    Much of the time, “free” means that some shyster is giving away someones property to generate income for themselves. We all know that nothing is free. One way or another, everything must be paid for.

    This even applies to all the drivel about free business models.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: 28 More Companies Sued Over Grouped Toolbars Patent

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2009 @ 05:06pm

    Communication Skills

    It is not uncommon for inventors to have poor communication skills. There is some reason to believe that the left handed approach which gives an inventor insight into how to invent may be related to the way people compensate for for often severe imbalances in abilities.

    Poor communication skills is not a good indication of how bright the person is. For example, I excelled in science and math and my written skills were very poor early in life. I was about thirty before I decided that those skills were important enough to master. Yet my IQ places me at about one in a million. I acknowledge that IQ tests are not a good measure of a persons worth to society, and the same is true for those whose primary skill is in communication.

    We see examples all the time of people with great communication skills who never have original thoughts, especially on TechDIRT, Slashdot, in politics, many if not most programmers, etc. We also see that those skills also go hand in hand with marginally developed ethical and moral reasoning capabilities.

    Everyone may recall that Mike was personally offended when I pointed out that his failure to grasp why his position advocating socialization of inventors patent properties is wrong for both ethical-moral and legal reasons. I questioned rather his issues are related to genes or nurturing. His response demonstrated how this kind of handicap blinds those suffering from the defect to the ramifications of their actions. In the end I think that poor communication skills is preferable to the kinds of handicaps associated with those who do have very good communication skills.

    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.

  • On the post: 28 More Companies Sued Over Grouped Toolbars Patent

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2009 @ 07:26pm

    Parasites V. Inventors

    1)Mike Masnick says: “You may recall last summer that we wrote about Gary Odom (as known as Patent Hawk) who has been known to stop by our site here to throw around an insult or two (nice guy!).” Mike throws around insults whenever he comments about intellectual property. He advocates theft of inventors’ patent property rights. He is condescending to inventors. It is time that Mike carefully considers why virtually every inventor who visits TechDIRT responds to him as they do. Could it have anything to do with the way that Mike conducts himself?

    2)Mike Masnick says: “It seems that Odom, who had previously worked with Microsoft, doing prior art research for its patents, had decided to turn around and sue Microsoft for having software toolbars that take different toolbar items and group the items together (stunning innovation, there). It later turned out that he may have violated his contracts in suing Microsoft.” Doing some work for Microsoft does not give Microsoft the right to take someone’s inventions. Taking inventions without paying compensation is a chronic problem at Microsoft and is one of the reasons that Microsoft is a member of the Piracy Coalition (aka. Coalition for Patent Fairness).

    3)The only reason that high tech products are infringing so many patents is that the companies making those products have found that they can get away with grand larceny. It is not economical to enforce patent rights below $10 million dollars worth of infringement. And between ten and hundred million is iffy. It is only over a hundred million dollars that it becomes worthwhile with certainty. For every case patent thieves lose they get away with stealing ten to a hundred times more. Many tech companies, insurance and banking are cut from the same cloth.

    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.

  • On the post: Patent Filings Down

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2009 @ 07:19pm

    Re: The Great Recession is full bore...

    I am not suggesting that you dump your job this instant. I am suggesting that you should be laying the groundwork to move beyond being a wage slave. A recession is a great time to do this.

    The Professional Inventors Alliance is working with other groups to sunset employee assignments annually so that resigning becomes part of the annual review. We would like to see employee inventors receive a nominal royalty because we now that inventing is a day and night effort.

    It is possible that you have already produced important inventions which your employer's attorney's were not bright enough to recognize. Big companies are short sighted and have trouble seeing the merits of inventions with broader implications. That is why they find themselves on the losing end of litigation with individual inventors.

    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 (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • On the post: Patent Filings Down

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2009 @ 03:47am

    This Inventor Needs To Strive To Be Better

    Inventor says, "The patents my company holds in my name are embarrassing. All I do is file continual patent disclosures with our legal guys regularly. Every idea has to be documented in drawings/models. Existing artwork is mandatory & has bailed us out many times. The lawyers decide to file or not. They are filing one right now on an idea that is so easy & obvious it makes me ill to see my name on it."

    It is clear that this inventor is typical of corporate inventors in general. They produce minor incremental inventions and file hordes of patents in a futile attempt to compensate with quanity for the quality which they are incapable of producing.

    It is true that these kinds of patents are useful defensive weapons, at least when dealing with other companies who have lost the ability to produce significant inventions. They are often used to drive cross licensing deals.

    These narrow patent portfolios are not useful for cutting a deal with those who produce significant inventions. That is why this kind of company is frequently a member of the Coalition for Patent Fairness. They think that since they are of short invention stature that those who stand too tall should have their legs chopped off at the knees.

    The corporate inventor who posted should aspire to become a better inventor. They should strike out on their own, leave the corporate cocoon and spread their wings. Then they would not have to be embarrassed anymore.

    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 (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 8 pm EST.

  • On the post: Lobbyists Get Random Unsuspecting Groups To Rally Against Patent Reform

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2009 @ 02:56am

    It is not the lobbyists.

    Mike,

    For the record religious groups and nationalist groups have been involved in patent reform issues for well over a decade. Their involvement is not driven by lobbyists. In fact their involvement is driven by Phyllis Schlafly.

    I agree that the scenario you describe may happen in some cases but I know for a fact that this is not what is driving this group. Their motivation is to protect America. They most certainly are not stupid and you should not demean them by implying that they are.

    I have really tried to educate you about these issues. You are so incredibly anti-intellectual property that it is pathetic. If you succeeded in eliminating or greatly weakening the ability to protect American ingenuity then other countries would have even greater freedom to copy our inventions and to take profits from those inventions for themselves. America cannot maintain our standard of living competing for razor thin profit margins with developing countries. This is something which Phyllis Schlafly understands and you either cannot or refuse to understand.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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.

  • On the post: Coupons.com DMCA Fight Over… Again

    Ronald J Riley ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2009 @ 02:32am

    Gag agreements

    John Stottlemire should not have been forced to accept a gag agreement by the court in the first place. It is far too common for bad players to try and cover up their dirty deeds in this manner.

    We need decent anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) laws in every state of the union.

    Ronald J. Riley,


    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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