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Re:The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple by OJFord on Saturday April 10, 2021 @03:57AM (#26759793)
But "so now it's my idea" just means "now only I can produce this thing commercially, unless I give you permission".

The alternative is "only I can produce this thing commercially, and you have no idea how I made it anyway".

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Re:The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple by mkl on Saturday April 10, 2021 @04:18AM (#26759876)
Companies like this don't produce anything commercially, didn't actually invent anything, and their patents are so vague and general that no one is any more informed about how to make anything.
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