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Why Tech Vendors Fund Patent Trolls
Lucas123 writes "Major tech vendors are funding patent trolls, companies that derive the bulk of their income, if not all of it, from licensing huge libraries of patents they hold as well as by suing companies that use their patents without permission, according to an investigation by Computerworld. Tech companies — including Apple and Micron — have railed against patent 'nuisance' lawsuits, only to fund or otherwise support some of the patent trolls. Because of patent trolls, more politely called mass patent aggregators, patent litigation has in part increased by more than 230% over the past 20 years. 'Most of the major tech companies are backing a troll in some way, probably financially,' says Thomas Ewing, an attorney who has authored reports on what he calls 'patent privateering.'"
Labor produces the research in the first place, and gets funded when the troll buys the resulting patent.
You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
You can defend yourself from guns. From lawyers all you can do is kill them and hope you dont run out of bullets before they run out lawyers.
What's the difference between a lawyer and a zombie? Zombies only want your brains
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.