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No, not really. If they developed they technology and are trying to license it, and suing people that don't license it... That is not a troll. That is someone w

No, not really. If they developed they technology and are trying to license it, and suing people that don't license it... That is not a troll. That is someone who is doing exactly what patents were meant to do... Patents we're meant to encourage people to invent.

dTal 12y ago
You are confusing patents with copyright. Patents were meant to encourage people to disclose. It was taken for granted that people will invent things regardless of patent protection - they will just keep their inventions trade secrets.
- kvb 12y ago
  Depends on the industry; there are plenty of places where trade secrets aren't viable (e.g. medicinal chemistry, where it's trivial to reverse engineer a drug).
  - dTal 12y ago
    Maybe so, but nevertheless patents were not "meant to encourage people to invest".