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Battling the Patent Trolls
opus writes "There's an interesting series of
articles at law.com on the current situation in patent law, which has become "a money-minting machine for a few patent holders". Includes an article on Peter Detkin, counsel at Intel, who spends much of his time battling patent infringement claims against Intel, and who coined the term "patent troll". Apparently it's not just the geeks who are unhappy with the current state of affairs in patent law."
what? :)
Natalie Portman and Hot Grits can finally expose themselves in pink/ greenish hair running around dancing around fire rejoicing and singing troll hymms...
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Upset the poor moderator! His politics differ perhaps - no matter, anyone who bothers to read the post will probably agree with you, I do.
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That's one of the better ones I've heard in a while. I mean, we've got these attorneys who go on fishing expiditions for prior art, and they're patent trolls, right? So, what do you call the dude who insists upon doing his jumping jacks in the middle of the park? A lawn shark!!! Get it?! Oh, god, I slay myself. And anyone who's ever walked near a server room knows about bridge trolls :) What about the people who post /. messages consisting entirely of epithets? PudTrolls!
OK, I'd better stop now. The embarassment quotient is becoming too much to bear. This article is actually about a topic so utterly serious (Once upon a time, the patent system was a noble and good thing, but now it is in dire danger of running amok) that the only way to deal with it is to laugh. Make stupid jokes. And fight the good fight. Or else, who knows? Some company might just make you pay licensing fees for the genome your parents gave you one starry night...
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Is that someone who posts troll messages on /. claiming that they patented the idea of a web-based news/discussion forum?
It's amazing what the thought of money for nothing does to people.
The classic one was Apple being sued by the original makers of OS9 when they released Mac OS 9.0. I ask you...
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This early post for Ida!
Hi Slimybeer!
The above is not a troll. It contains genuine, heartfelt goodness, and the family values that made America great, and Canada gay. Please rate it +5 retarded.
Now, see, I'm replying to a troll, so the post above would be a "Parent Troll".
but /. trolls don't expect to be paid for trolling. They do it for free
From the Law.com FAQ:
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Don't worry, it's just some lawyers helping out their buddies who happen to own some intellectual property!
Yet another site to hit the trashcan. Does not work if you reject cookies. Do you want people to track you ? Do you trust lawyers with their cookie policies ? Just say no.