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What I'd like to see is a collective legal fund to protect devs from patent trolls. Like insurance, everyone pays into the system and if you need representation

What I'd like to see is a collective legal fund to protect devs from patent trolls. Like insurance, everyone pays into the system and if you need representation, high quality lawyers would be there for you. That seems to me to be the best solution to this problem short of abolishing software patents altogether.

rbarooah 15y ago
I like they idea, but I don't see how it reduces the risk. If someone has a valid patent, you're still in trouble.
- dhess 15y ago
  An independent developers' patent pool, then.
  - rbarooah 15y ago
    Patent pools are no defense against trolls.
    - dhess 15y ago
      Fair point.
- tomjen3 15y ago
  No, you just have to make sure they understand that a lawsuit against you ends with a verdict from the supreme court after a long and costly legal battle.