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What does that change, except for forcing mom-and-pop inventors to go after GE?

• rgrieselhuber 13y ago
  It would actually prevent this exact situation - stopping larger companies from suing upstart competitors.
  • diminoten 13y ago
    How would it stop that at all? Explain how this would work, in practice. So Google sues Joe Individual over patent infringement. What now?
    • dublinben 13y ago
      The case could be thrown out. Google gets nothing, Joe continues to infringe.
      • diminoten 13y ago
        That's... what? No one has mentioned this yet, and that's completely absurd anyway.
    • nknighthb 13y ago
      Google would be suing the wrong entity and the case would be dismissed by an unamused judge who sanctions Google's lawyers for being idiots who wasted the court's time. Google needs to sue the limited liability entity Joe is working within.
      • diminoten 13y ago
        Individuals can infringe on patents too.