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Re:Troll-Killing Patent Reform One Step Closer by GeneralMayhem on Thursday September 26, 2013 @06:38PM (#6454072)
Fabrication processes can be patented. I can imagine examples that would be hard to definitively prove based on the final output three stages farther down the assembly line.
Re:Troll-Killing Patent Reform One Step Closer by walid on Friday September 27, 2013 @11:35AM (#6457500)
True, but that is the same reasoning that the law goes by when it is required to prove guilt rather than proving innocence. The legal system many times lets the bad guy walk to make sure that an innocent is not accidentally convicted or over burden by having to show innocence. Just because something criminal can happen shouldn't be enough to warrant a lawsuit. There should be proof of criminality, infringement, whatever. Otherwise the law will simply be used as a harassment tool as is being done with patents.