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Patent Cases Hurting Small Businesses

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the we-got-patent-pending-on-that dept.

smudge writes "An Information Week article states that multiple small businesses with Web presence are being sued by PanIP LLC. The claims in these patents being asserted in the lawsuits refer to 'a computerized system for selecting and ordering a variety of information, goods and services' and 'an automatic data-processing system for processing business and financial transactions between entities from remote sites.'"

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  1. Re:Okay - this is getting stupid by jeffy124 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    patents were made to stifle innovation, they were made to promote it

    Are you missing a not in there?

    just bring back public stoning

    Reminds me of a funny story I heard shortly after 9/11. A Philly Daily News reporter asked a local prominent defense attorney if he'd defend Osama bin Laden. He basically responded "Sure! Be the easiest case ever. I'd just tell the jury that they should acquit him and let societal forces take care of him within the next week."

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