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Re:Apple facing huge chip patent bill after losing case by GFK_of_xmaspast on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @11:21AM (#10387103)
You can thank congress for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh–Dole_Act
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Re:Apple facing huge chip patent bill after losing case by gmarx on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @11:49AM (#10387284)
The reason for the act, I think, was to provide the incentive to commercialize the results of potentially valuable research. It's not an entirely loony idea
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