#title: Ronald Riley and Software Patents #descr: An owner of several lucrative patents, hater of large enterprises which regularly %(q:steal the intellectual property of small inventors), organiser of a lobby group for patent-owner-entrepreneurs. Self-professed soul-mate of late patent king Lemelson. Proud of having had a decisive impact on election defeat of several US congressmen. Sees the ffii/eurolinux campaign as a plot of japanese coroporations against the US patent system and claims that Hartmut Pilch, like many other bad people, is on the payroll of the Japs. Riley explained on a mailing list that he used to seal his constructions and build them in such a way that they would explode or otherwise injure/damage those illoyal customers who tried to open the hood in order to %(q:steal intellectual property). In order to avoid this kind of tragedy, patents are needed, Riley insists, and those who complain about broad claims etc are just losers of a game in which inventive people like Lemelson and Riley win. #Rsy: Riley's Lobby Group #asa: Cat's Paw #eHW: Ronald Riley's insinuations about Hartmut Pilch's %(q:mode of operation). Also search the archive for earlier contributions of Ronald Riley. # Local Variables: ; # coding: utf-8 ; # srcfile: /ul/prg/src/mlht/sys/mlhtmake.el ; # mailto: mlhtimport@a2e.de ; # login: phm ; # passwd: YYYYY ; # feature: swpatdir ; # dok: swpatriley ; # txtlang: en ; # multlin: t ; # End: ;