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Re:BlackBerry sells mobile patents to patent troll for $600M by gdsdfe on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @10:12AM (#30163509)
patents do serve a purpose ... but I would reduce their 'impact' say a patent is only valid for 10 years and same patent can't be refiled twice.
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Re:BlackBerry sells mobile patents to patent troll for $600M by nradov on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @01:21PM (#30166794)
Inventors are already prohibited from refiling the same patent twice.
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Re:BlackBerry sells mobile patents to patent troll for $600M by JohnWhigham on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @02:33PM (#30167897)
The problem is that companies just lobby to extend how long they're valid for e.g. Disney. The entire system is fucked. I wish a bomb would just wipe out Congress sometimes.
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