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Re:The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple by depressedpanda on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:18AM (#26760145)
The key word here is 'invention'. In practice we have lawyers specialized in crafting as vague and broad patents as possible, so that bogus infringements can be litigated in court.
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Re:The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple by AmericanChopper on Saturday April 10, 2021 @05:33AM (#26760204)
There’s lots of problems with our current system. However the list of problems doesn’t include the existence of the system itself.
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