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A comment on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end patent wars.

Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by WalterBright on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @04:18PM (#4666220)
Realistically, the only way the patent wars can end is if Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft all get behind ending it.
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Re:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos calls for governments to end pa... by tsycho on Wednesday October 17, 2012 @04:29PM (#4666264)
But not necessarily in the right way. They can also _agree_ to not sue each other, (or more legally, cross-license each other for free), and the patent wars will end. The small startup will continue to get screwed regardless.
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