robertwalter

NAB is jumping in because an FM tuner might increase their listeners. Folks are tuning out from radio as they stream their music commercial free and to their own playlists. 

It could be that Pai(d) wasn’t really the one who started this on his own. He is essentially a paid lobbiest who runs the fcc. He was probably their stalking horse in order to bring up the issue so NAB could pile on. 

I see no problem with this. 

The bar for an inventor has never been “you can only sell or license or defend your patent by first becoming a practicing entity.

I have several patents (owned by my former employer) but I’d rather talk about my friend, a classical self-employed inventor, who lives by inventing better devices and then selling or licensing his patents. He would never think to go into manufacturing as this not his dream. He has invented many useful things during his life and were he not able to sell or license them he wouldn’t have been prolific. His patents have value, and like a thing of value, they can be sold. 

When end you put “non practicing entity” into the discussion, it is an attempt to render such companies illegitimate. If successful, this removes value from the patent’s originator, or anybody else who may have purchased it from him (because it removes a potential acquirer out of the competition.)

i don’t know who has been been beating the “a patent should not be honored if owned by a non practicing entity” drum but it diminishes the value of all patents, inventors and the system in general. I can only conclude that the fans of this argument either don’t know the law, are aligned with entities trying to avoid patent royalties or defense suits, or are not or have never known an inventor. 

 

Roger_Fingas said:

wood1208 said:

We know Wells Fargo ATM required this onetime generated PIN to enter while using ApplePay. With this news, does it mean NO MORE PIN ? or this is cut paste of old news article ?

It wasn't Apple Pay, before - you were using a Wells Fargo app. Here it is Apple Pay, and yes there is no one-time code, but you do have to enter your card PIN on the terminal.

I imagine the next step will be the option to eliminate the code and complete authentication via TouchID or FaceID. 

We are not far from eliminating (or vastly reducing) the need to visit an ATM. 

When we can just import cash into the Apple Cash card via the debit card, and transfer this to a girl scout to pay for cookies, via iMessage, we will be there. 

ben20 said:

Reminds me of Windows...not updating this time, my old apps are great and I am not replacing them yet.

Unless your device is devoid of significant info. It is always a good idea to update. Not doing so because some 1$ apps can’t be updated is a bad trade.