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The Death of Google's Patents (Patently-O)

The Death of Google's Patents (Patently-O)

Posted Jul 25, 2008 18:02 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: The Death of Google's Patents (Patently-O) by elanthis
Parent article: The Death of Google's Patents (Patently-O)

If what he says about "the death of software patents" that's going to cripple the industry (where "the industry" clearly means the "patent troll industry"), then I feel like throwing one hell of a celebratory party.

If the patent troll industry is crippled, then so are the industries that supply it with patents: small inventors and pure inventors (companies that invent but don't also manufacture or do legal work).

You can criticize patents themselves, but as long as patents exist, the patent trolls are an important part of the economy.


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