Cutting Through the Patent Thicket

xzvf writes wrote to mention a BusinessWeek article positing that the overgrowth of patents is harmful to innovation. From the article: "The first problem with patents is that the entire process takes too long: three years on average, often as long as five, and getting longer all the time. So when a venture capitalist invests in a company, its IP 'dowry' remains, at best, provisional. How much would you pay for a company when its assets are hidden from view?"

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Re:And The Answer

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mod'ed

What? Do you mean "modded"? If someone informs on you, would you say they'd rat'ed? What next - cricketers/baseball players having bat'ing averages?

I don't know what crap meme will appear (or should that be ap'ear?) here next - probably hypehen doubling or something like that.