virus patent
following up yesterday's post... that's your cue to go read it. back? good. on we go. software patents exist. suppose i own one. and i use a virus to distribute it around my corporate network. hey, why not? it saves me the trouble of having an IT department. and i license the patent to other corporations to install on their networks. so far so good. now say you plug your laptop into my network. my virus install my patented software on your laptop. you go back to your organic corporation. plug in your laptop. and my virus does what it's supposed to do. it spreads throughout your corporate network. causing your IT department no end of trouble. i find out about it. according the court's ruling, i can sue you for the licensing fees to use my patented software. and there's nothing you can do about it. ha ha ha ha ha! i'm gonna be so rich.