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A comment on Felix Salmon: The Cost of Patent Trolls. Parent comment

Re:Felix Salmon: The Cost of Patent Trolls by rjd on Monday July 25, 2011 @05:45AM (#2801963)
But if I'm not mistaken they can get indefinite patents as well which seems more like abuse than privilege.

17 years as well...seems like to long a time frame to me., but again I'm not expert. I'd have gone 10 years max.

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Re:Felix Salmon: The Cost of Patent Trolls by watmough on Monday July 25, 2011 @09:03AM (#2802414)
Is it possible you're thinking about Disney, and their extending copyrights?
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