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US Patent Regime Is Absurd

Posted by Unknown on from the self-inflicted-wound dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with an opinion piece in the Economist about the the effects of patent trolling on the US economy. The author argues that the U.S. patent regime is causing the U.S. essentially to harm itself. Things have gotten so bad that paying for protection is par for the course.

2 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. Stole my idea by Toe,+The · · Score: 5, Funny

    The idea of patents being bad for the economy is MY intellectual property.

    I'm suing the author, the poster (meaning everyone who has ever posted as anon), and Slashdot.

  2. Re:Regime by Swanktastic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those Fascists who run the Patent office are a bunch of Commies...