Posted Aug 17, 2010 21:41 UTC (Tue) by stijn (subscriber, #570)
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>Patent cartel.
That's good! I chose (related) syndicate because of other negative connotations.
patent pools
Posted Aug 18, 2010 0:57 UTC (Wed) by coriordan (guest, #7544)
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Yep, I think "patent cartel" is the best. Before that suggestion, I was going to go with your "gang" suggestion.
"Cesspool" (and similar) is accurate, but I'm looking for something that could make it's way into normal patent policy discussions, like the way "patent troll" and "patent thicket" have.