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Re:Kickstarter being sued for patent infringment. by mahcode on Friday October 07, 2011 @04:16PM (#3085682)
When will the USPTO put a stop on such BS patents, seriously! One day we will run out of colors, layouts and "business models" to patent... and then what?

Patents are meant to encourage entrepreneurship... not fund court rooms and judges' salaries.

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Re:Kickstarter being sued for patent infringment. by nickolai on Friday October 07, 2011 @04:23PM (#3085721)
>One day we will run out of colors, layouts and "business models" to patent... and then what?

Then a countdown to the expiration of the last patent will start.

And then we will enter an era of freedom of innovation. You will be free to take any design you like and improve on it without fear of being sued into oblivion if your design sees any kind of success.

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