Comment on Patent for pull down to refresh mechanic. Comments−jcsalterego16yGiven his outward support of other developers' using the Pull Down to Refresh mechanism, this is a defensive patent more than anything else.http://twitter.com/atebits/status/21665180962http://twitter.com/atebits/status/21629390400−someone_here16yDefensive patents can be turned offensive quite instantly. Look at what Oracle is doing.−jcsalterego16yYou mean how Oracle took Sun's defensive patents and unleashed all hell?−huhtenberg16ySure thing, but I would take currently defensive patent over a patent of some litigious bastard anytime.
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Given his outward support of other developers' using the Pull Down to Refresh mechanism, this is a defensive patent more than anything else.
http://twitter.com/atebits/status/21665180962
http://twitter.com/atebits/status/21629390400
Defensive patents can be turned offensive quite instantly. Look at what Oracle is doing.
You mean how Oracle took Sun's defensive patents and unleashed all hell?
Sure thing, but I would take currently defensive patent over a patent of some litigious bastard anytime.