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Maybe we can get to the "mutually assured destruction" phase of patents where everyone has so many ridiculous patents that any lawsuit is sure to ruin everyone?
by buddylw 15y ago
Maybe we can get to the "mutually assured destruction" phase of patents where everyone has so many ridiculous patents that any lawsuit is sure to ruin everyone?
Of course, that doesn't stop patent trolls (terrorist rent seekers) with no skin in the game, but at least this drama would end.
- politician 15y agoThere's an idea, start calling patent trolls "patent terrorism" to leverage the current climate of fear for our own purposes.
- buddylw 15y agoI think the Patriot Act could actually help us here.
- Pooter 15y ago> but at least this drama would end. And anyone without a big enough arsenal of patents to protect themselves via MAD wouldn't be able to produce any products. The system needs an overhaul, if not outright scrapping, at least as regards software patents.