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Battling the Patent Trolls

Posted by Hemos on from the whack-slash-bush-wacked dept.

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."

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  1. my lawyer by zerocool^ · · Score: 1, Redundant

    yeah, you'll be hearing from my lawyer
    i patented the phrase "patent troll"(patent pending)

    aargh, its late.. bed.

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