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by Monroe13 7y ago
Apple has filed more inter partes review petitions than any other company since the process came available a few years back. IPRs are very expensive for a patent owner to defend (low- to mid-six figures) so from the patent owner perspective
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by Monroe13 7y ago
The electoral college most certainly favors small states but I agree with you it also creates battleground states and I agree that is the more important effect. It’s not a matter of whether battleground states deserve special protection, it
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by Monroe13 7y ago
But keep in mind the 3 year smear campaign followed a multi-year media love fest for Big Tech. The Tech industry has spent billions on PR. That spending propped up a massive media infrastructure — how many reporters cover the tech beat? How
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by Monroe13 7y ago
Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are regularly in the top 10 in annual corporate lobbying spend. They disclosed more than $45 million in lobbying spending last year alone. DC is crawling with tech lobbyists. Ag’s spending is peanuts in compari
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by Monroe13 7y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect
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by Monroe13 7y ago
At the federal level, the money funds both staff — usually registered lobbyists, communications staff and administrative support — and outside consultants. Boeing spent $3 million on 16 different consulting firms. The other $12 million went
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by Monroe13 7y ago
In many instances spending on PR campaigns does not necessarily need to be disclosed as a lobbying expense. Money spent on influencing policy greatly exceeds what’s reported on lobbying disclosure reports.