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Fark Founder Drew Curtis Explains How Fark Beat a Patent Troll

Posted by timothy on from the righteous-chip-on-his-shoulder dept.

Velcroman1 links to this coverage of Drew Curtis's explanation of how his company, Fark, managed to beat a patent troll's lawsuit alleging infringement of a patent on distribution of news releases by email. From the article: "It boils down to one thing: don't negotiate with terrorists," Curtis said during a talk at the TED 2012 conference in Long Beach, Calif."

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  1. Non Fox (Techdirt) link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120418/04260518542/farks-drew-curtis-explains-how-to-beat-patent-troll-live-to-tell-tale.shtml

  2. Why use Fox "News", rather Fark.com itself? by Theaetetus · · Score: 5, Informative

    The original posting of the TED talk and subsequent discussion is at http://www.fark.com/comments/7055377/Drews-TED-talk-is-up-How-I-Beat-a-Patent-Troll.

  3. Re:As much as I hate to say it.. by davester666 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, it's about the same because the guy selling the hunting permits is always a Republican.

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