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Patently stupid

Posted Oct 8, 2012 21:35 UTC (Mon) by bojan (subscriber, #14302)
In reply to: Patently stupid by man_ls
Parent article: The Patent, Used as a Sword (New York Times)

Absolutely agree. However, the chickens will come home to roost, eventually. Just like building the "prosperity" and "progress" on debt did (well, not quite there yet either, but well on its way).


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Patently stupid

Posted Oct 8, 2012 21:57 UTC (Mon) by ewan (subscriber, #5533) [Link]

Possibly the thing that changes it will be large chunks of the rest of the world ignoring it, as we already somewhat do with software patents, and gaining a competitive advantage over patent hamstrung US companies. That should focus minds.

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