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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. Stupid Patents by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There are so many dumb patents out there. Somebody should try and patent "oversized banner ads". Put in the description "...like the ones on Slashdot".

  2. Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 55 by Stephen+King · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, I'm not.

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