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Re:Court: Native American tribe can’t be a “sovereign” shiel... by gamblor956 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @02:10PM (#17611415)
If it was legally owned by the tribe it would still run into issues with violating local state laws for any loans issues outside of tribal territories.
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Re:Court: Native American tribe can’t be a “sovereign” shiel... by kamarg on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @02:34PM (#17611642)
That part I'm aware of. My question was not in reference to payday loans or the Tuckers. If a legit tribal company filed this patent, would the ruling be the same? Or does it matter that the patent was "tribal" only in an attempt to get around the review?
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Re:Court: Native American tribe can’t be a “sovereign” shiel... by gamblor956 on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @05:25PM (#17612992)
The latter. If they legitimately owned the patent (whether they filed it themselves or acquired it by purchase), then this case could have proceeded on its merits.
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Re:Court: Native American tribe can’t be a “sovereign” shiel... by exclusiv on Thursday July 26, 2018 @01:31AM (#17615261)
Yes but they have sovereign immunity so only the feds can come knocking. So it has to be a big enough enterprise or really devious to get in trouble with the feds.
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