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It also seems like the suits that people hear about are the ones involving the hot new companies, which happen to be those who are gaining relevance but haven't
by Periodic 17y ago
It also seems like the suits that people hear about are the ones involving the hot new companies, which happen to be those who are gaining relevance but haven't yet established their position and thus are still interesting.
So we have patent trolling targeting interesting companies on the rise, and the media selecting for stories about interesting companies on the rise. It could definitely be causality in the other direction.