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Re:The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple by charcircuit on Saturday April 10, 2021 @06:53AM (#26760537)
You are leaving out the option of just licensing the patent. If you are lucky they will license it to you for free.
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Re:The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple by bawolff on Saturday April 10, 2021 @10:47PM (#26767130)
That's still a restraint on innovation. Money going to licensing can't be spent on salaries.

If we assume free licensing then you might as well cut out the middle man and abolish patents.

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Re:The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple by dstick on Saturday April 10, 2021 @09:05AM (#26761198)
Can the license holder set any price they want? Essentially blocking access with an absurdly high paywall? Or is there some kind of standard?
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Re:The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple by Pfhreak on Saturday April 10, 2021 @10:18AM (#26761640)
Yes, or they can refuse to license it to you at all.
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