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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.

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  1. Podcast about this by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Informative

    The often-wonderful This American Life show covered this topic quite recently. They tried to find out what the deal was with Intellectual Ventures and their ilk, and made some surprising discoveries. (I don't want to give away any spoilers.)

    You can listen to a podcast of the show here:
    http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack

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