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by egdod 7y ago
The title is probably wrong. At a quick glance, this looks like an ordinary security interest, not an assignment.
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by egdod 7y ago
> patent trolling: the controversial modern practice of suing competitors for infringements that fall beyond the scope of one’s patent Who writes this stuff?
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by egdod 7y ago
You’re welcome to think it’s meaningless, and I’m welcome to disagree.
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by egdod 7y ago
Alternative theory: electron apps are universally shitty.
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And I’m sure their subjects are happy that they can still carry such knives, for now.
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by egdod 7y ago
The Brits would also require it to be a non-locking knife, for some reason. I prefer a knife that locks open, for safety reasons. But the UK government, in its infinite wisdom, says no.
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by egdod 7y ago
I carry a pocket knife because it occasionally comes in handy. Opening a box, trimming a loose thread, picking a piece of spinach out of my teeth. Those are all good and lawful reasons, but I don’t think they’d be good enough for the Brits.
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by egdod 7y ago
They should make it illegal to stab people then. Problem solved.
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by egdod 7y ago
You can already get arrested there for carrying a pocket knife or a screwdriver. Paranoia is the order of the day. At least these do some actual good.
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by egdod 7y ago
Without that monopoly, there wouldn’t be much of a market for inventions.
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by egdod 7y ago
I’m guessing most of the 16 year old kids on r/wallstreetbets are functionally judgment-proof.
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by egdod 7y ago
> I think it's improper for someone not using IP or not the original developer of IP to be able to make IP claims Congress, the Supreme Court, and hundreds of years of precedent would disagree.
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by egdod 7y ago
What I mean is that it isn’t against the rules. You’re welcome to think it’s a little shady (and I won’t disagree), but it’s not improper. What’s improper about creating liquidity in the market for inventions? And patents don’t require the
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by egdod 7y ago
Exactly my point.
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by egdod 7y ago
Patent troll is synonymous with non-practicing entity, according to most people.
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by egdod 7y ago
Can you say more about the complaints you made to the bar on their attorneys? Curious what the grounds were.
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by egdod 7y ago
Patent trolling isn’t considered improper at all. I would hope that the complaints to the bar had a little more in them than “this lawyer is doing something we don’t like but that isn’t actually against the rules.”
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by egdod 7y ago
I’m a patent attorney. Honestly this is pretty impressive—total scorched earth tactics against ALL of the entity’s assets? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before, and I bet it makes some people think twice.
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by egdod 7y ago
But they can both be solved by adding another layer of indirection.
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I’m not sure how that answers the point I was making.
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by egdod 7y ago
Imagine if Donald Trump recently started making some new claim about an event that happened decades ago. Imagine CNN dug up the only historical records that exist, and they directly contradicted that claim. Would you be this credulous then?
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by egdod 7y ago
Generalizations don’t support Warren’s claim in particular.
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I think a link to the historical record backs me up.
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In the US they can forcibly draw blood with a warrant. I don’t think they can without a warrant, but I’m not 100% sure.
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by egdod 7y ago
When did I sign that contract?
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Why would you even try to read something on the internet without an ad blocker?
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by egdod 7y ago
iOS 13 allows for sending screenshots in PDF form.
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by egdod 7y ago
The tracking scripts are what I hate most about modern adtech. Coincidentally, they are also the reason ads are so resource-heavy and slow.
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by egdod 7y ago
> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Literally worse than blogspot in every way.
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by egdod 7y ago
Eventually it does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description

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