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Why would they need to reverse engineer? | 262 comments | Create New Account
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Patent extortion underworld exposed?
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 22 2012 @ 05:56 PM EDT
When two de facto patent trolls gang up to buy non-patents, the only result
is a third patent troll to do the racketeering to force, through the illegal,
immoral, and unethical means, that are the hallmark of patent trolls, to steal
by misrepresentation, extortion, and the like, that which is not theirs legally,

morally, or ethically.

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Why would they need to reverse engineer?
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 22 2012 @ 06:31 PM EDT

When the trolls filed batch lawsuits against big groups of companies prior to the Law outlining the particulars on what's allowed to be grouped:

    Do you really think they even bothered to do more then a cursory glance at the companies products?
It takes time, effort and money to reverse engineer properly. I seriously doubt any trolls are wasting the efforts.

RAS

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It would be hilarious
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 22 2012 @ 07:23 PM EDT
If there were a broad ruling that software is not patentable, destroying 90% of

the trolls business value in one fell swoop.

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how they should take this to the next level
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 22 2012 @ 09:58 PM EDT
<Joke>I think the patent trolls should move it up to the next level.
Normally you just waiting for infringement of and then sue them with your
non-practicing entity. How about funding an entity to practice the patents you
own and 'contribute' them to other open source projects. Then just make sure
there is no paper trail leading back to you and wait a couple of years for your
infringing profits to build up. Then you can cash in. The great thing about
this method is you can seed all your changes with documentation that shares the
same wording as the patent claims so its a slam dunk when you take it to
trial.</Joke>

Michael

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