I'm disappointed - as we should all be - in the current state of our legal system in America. It's indicative of an America problem - however, it is not indicative of a Patent Law problem. Quite clearly, these patents have been explored, validated, reviewed, explored again, and once again, re-validated by the experts who set the standards for such things.
12 Times.
So the fact that our American court system (gasp, surprise) errs on the side of offering any twisted, unjust advantage to the GIGANTIC contributors to political PACS - ie Silicon Valley - comes as no particular surprise.
"ALICE" - the convoluted, screwed up, non-sensical means of making sense of complex definitions in patent cases makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever in any other civilized nation's set of patent laws and measurement devices.
It is fraud - corrupt fraud, perpetrated upon the American people and flying in the very face of the core concept of American innovation.
So - where do we go from here? If Lady Liberty has given us the boot? Perhaps there are other venues to explore outside of our borders. Does not Europe and Asia, Africa and Australia... etc. contain literally BILLIONS of telecommunication users that are not subject to US patent law limitations?
Perhaps it is time to dust off the possibilities, scale expectations, and look more seriously at offers outside the US that would monetize these patents on a scale that makes sense for someone in the position to take on the task of patent litigation and prosecution of infringement in venues where protecting innovation still matters. The value is not zero. It may not be $1.00 per share - but it is most, assuredly, not .01 per share, either.
