On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:58:05 -0700, Winston
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:12:58 -0700,
wrote:

(...)

Another childhood illusion STH!

Sest lavvy, wot?

It's just that sending a speaking weasel after everyone who made one
of the client's gadgets wouldn't be cost effective.

Yup.
Apparently copying even a portion of the patented
intellectual property is infringement but people
get away with it for various reasons anyway.

The primary reasons are 1) stealth. The infringee doesn't know what's
going on behind closed shop doors. and 2) sheer cost of any pursuit of
each infringement. Spending $3k to go after a guy who knocks off a
single instance of a $30 gewgaw (or even a $400 blurfl) is silly.

If someone's knocking out 1,000 items a week, one can't afford NOT to
go after him.

--
Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why
good ideas are always initially resisted. Good ideas come with a
heavy burden. Which is why so few people have them. So few people
can handle it.
-- Hugh Macleod