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Re:Apple v. Samsung - Meet the foreman of the jury by anamax on Saturday August 25, 2012 @01:52PM (#4432671)
> To what extent do these patents actually benefit the technical community though? As you seem to know, a technically inclined person that actually reads other peoples patents seems to be a rare animal.

I like to get paid for my technical work. Patents have some effect in that area.

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Re:Apple v. Samsung - Meet the foreman of the jury by jlgreco on Saturday August 25, 2012 @01:58PM (#4432694)
Can you elaborate on this? Do you mean that patents benefit the technical community because they grant legal monopolies and allow companies sell licensing?
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Re:Apple v. Samsung - Meet the foreman of the jury by anamax on Monday August 27, 2012 @02:32AM (#4437700)
Do you really think that selling licensing is the only financial benefit to a legal monopoly?
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