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0 pointstareqak2y ago0 comments

It sounds like a corporation could impede the humanity/progress of countries that respect these patents by patent_lifetime * number_of_patents so long as they have the money to do so.

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TeMPOraL2y ago

You do realize you are describing the exact thing that's currently plaguing the software industry, among others?

skinner9272y ago

That’s literally a feature

thfuran2y ago

That's explicitly the opposite of the intent of patents.

parl_match2y ago

That's literally what a patent troll is

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