http://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enThu, 10 May 2007 22:59:47 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/#comment-1450884This kind of thing can make sense, not so much about if they're actually infringing or not, but if they can get an opionion of counsel saying that the "workaround" makes them now non-infringing, the're less likely to be found to be wilfully infringing, which means no triple damages.Don MartiThu, 10 May 2007 22:59:47 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/05/10/vonages-workaround/#comment-1450883My grandfather was a chemist with Dow many years ago and had a number of patents for real no kidding inventions. It was really cool when I was 15 or so and he showed me his patent disclosures and told me about his inventions.<br><br>I can't imagine the same scene playing out in fifteen years from now with this current deluge of BS patents. "Son, come over here, I want to show you this patent I was awarded for the use of the Internet to do stuff that people were already doing but forgot to patent."Jim SThu, 10 May 2007 20:35:58 -0000