Why There Are Too Many Patents in America

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Submission + - Why There Are Too Many Patents in America (theatlantic.com)

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whitroth

on Thursday July 12, 2012 @02:33PM

whitroth writes: "The judge who just dismissed the lawsuit between Apple and Motorola writes a column explaining what he considers to be a resonable use of patents, and unreasonable ones. One of his thoughts would be to require a patent holder to produce the patented item within a certain time, to cut out patent trolls."

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