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Re:Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in... by PhasmaFelis on Friday March 02, 2018 @04:33PM (#16505921)
> Though, could a patent troll could get around that by spacing out the trolling? So by the time any company finds another company that's been trolled, they've already paid it up and don't have as much incentive to fight the patent troll after the fact.

That's still a minor win, since it mitigates the amount of damage the trolls can do per unit time.

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Re:Patent trolls are shaking us down for selling “rubies” in... by deeg on Friday March 02, 2018 @05:14PM (#16506242)
According to the OA there's only two years left on the patent. Spacing them out would at least limit the number of small companies targeted.
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