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Isn't it odd that this is exactly what patent trolls have become? How many people (especially small company owners) are living in teror of being sued, or have a
by eksith 14y ago
Isn't it odd that this is exactly what patent trolls have become? How many people (especially small company owners) are living in teror of being sued, or have already been sued, for being in violation of completely asinine patents?
They've all pretty much been reduced to "X on a computer" or "X over a network" with "X" being ideas that are in many cases decades old and if patented, long since those patents have expired.
I guess this is what we get with patent office incompetence and rubber-stamp-happy inspectors. The patent office a little while ago asked for "feedback" on the software patent issue. I had a good chuckle.