Why sue the customers/users?
To use an analogy..
If Ford borrowed some tech from GM, and this was added to Fords cars.
Would GM then sue all the people driving those Fords? No, they'd sue Ford.
So why are software patents treated differently?
Shouldn't cryptopeak be suing the software companies that added the allegedly infringing functionality to their software, rather than the clients that are just using the software?
The courts aught to be able to throw these type of requests out, under the guise that the company being sued, is not the author, or the owner of the allegedly infringing software, but just a licensed user.
PS: Just to be clear, I know why cryptopeak doesn't do this, as those real targets could likely fight back, and smaller companies are more likely to just fold. I'm saying that they shouldn't be able/allowed to sue a user, when all they are doing is using software provided by someone else (and for it's intended purpose).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
