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Study for US Congress outlines options against patent trolls (The H)

Study for US Congress outlines options against patent trolls (The H)

Posted Sep 10, 2012 8:29 UTC (Mon) by ekj (guest, #1524)
In reply to: Study for US Congress outlines options against patent trolls (The H) by apoelstra
Parent article: Study for US Congress outlines options against patent trolls (The H)

If you've bought the patent, you don't need to sit on it for three years. You can simply allow anyone to use it for any purpose effectively immediately.


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Study for US Congress outlines options against patent trolls (The H)

Posted Sep 10, 2012 18:17 UTC (Mon) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

Of course "allowing" is not as reassuring as "permanently public domain".

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