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FTC Investigates Submarine Patents

Posted by michael on from the depth-charge dept.

Schnake writes: "An article on USAToday talks about how the FTC is investigating Sun Microsystems, Unocal, and Rambus to determine whether they illegally kept patents secret while helping set industry standards! And a quote from the ZDNet article: "It noted that all three companies had filed patent infringement lawsuits against firms they say owed them royalties. But the litigation backfired when those firms countersued, charging them with concealing their patents, and complained to the FTC.""

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  1. Re:My own patents. by Hard_Code · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Ha! I've been sitting on a patent on hiding patents under hats! *BLAM*! SHOW ME THE FUCKING MONEY! And don't even DARE try circumventing the ROT26 copy protection on this message!

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