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A comment on Congress: Stop Trying to Limit EFF’s Ability to Challenge Patents. Parent comment

Re:Congress: Stop Trying to Limit EFF’s Ability to Challenge... by rhino369 on Friday April 24, 2015 @02:52PM (#9435328)
You mean by creating an agreement to not compete? That is illegal.

It effects all industries that have R&D, those are just good examples.

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Re:Congress: Stop Trying to Limit EFF’s Ability to Challenge... by Karunamon on Friday April 24, 2015 @05:37PM (#9436164)
We're discussing overhauls to the legal system - the fact that it's illegal now doesn't enter into it.
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Re:Congress: Stop Trying to Limit EFF’s Ability to Challenge... by rhino369 on Friday April 24, 2015 @05:42PM (#9436181)
I'll put it another way, it would be stupid to let entire industries write their own non-competition agreements. That is monopolist behavior. Unless the repeal of the Patent Act coincides with the repeal of the Sherman Act, it would be illegal still.
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