He's arguing the impact of it, but I'm saying he failed to clarify why they shouldn't have to pay for the $500/hour lawyers and the multi-million dollar patent packages.
> He could have explained more about how the vast majority of software patents are dubious at best, etc.
That's all I'm saying. He needs to explain why he shouldn't have to defend himself against patents, rather than just complaining that it's too expensive. Defending yourself against any lawsuit is expensive, but if you've done something wrong then it has to be done. Cuban just didn't take the time to explain that his companies hadn't done anything objectively wrong.
I wasn't disagreeing with him at all - I agree that there needs to be patent reform - but I just thought that he didn't adequately state his case. He complained about how expensive it was to have to deal with the lawsuits, but never made a compelling argument as to why those lawsuits were unjust.
> He could have explained more about how the vast majority of software patents are dubious at best, etc.
That's all I'm saying. He needs to explain why he shouldn't have to defend himself against patents, rather than just complaining that it's too expensive. Defending yourself against any lawsuit is expensive, but if you've done something wrong then it has to be done. Cuban just didn't take the time to explain that his companies hadn't done anything objectively wrong.
I wasn't disagreeing with him at all - I agree that there needs to be patent reform - but I just thought that he didn't adequately state his case. He complained about how expensive it was to have to deal with the lawsuits, but never made a compelling argument as to why those lawsuits were unjust.