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At this point I honestly believe the only way the patent system gets any better is by becoming so overbearing that it collapses under its own weight. The lobbyi
by georgemcbay 12y ago
At this point I honestly believe the only way the patent system gets any better is by becoming so overbearing that it collapses under its own weight. The lobbying machine in place to protect patents essentially as they are now (with maybe some token changes to look like progress) is way too big and way too strong for reform otherwise.
So in that sense, I'm happy about this.
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- bediger4000 12y agoThat was my emotional reaction too, but my thought was different. I saw the article and thought, "Maybe if 2 or 3 more trolls win big against Google, Microsoft and GM or GE, we'll see some legislative action."
- reddit_clone 12y agoI remember RIM was nearly brought down with patent litigation. I expected some backlash since a lot of people in US government were affected by the potential outage. Sadly nothing happened. Rim paid up I believe.