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Another “patent troll” defeated by Cloudflare and its army of bounty seekers (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If they exclusively targeted larger companies, they’d be fine with me. Generally, the way they operate is to first strike smaller, more vulnerable companies to build their case before suing a larger one. Patent reform can’t come soon enough.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 58 points 11 months ago

The fear of being targeted by a patent troll makes both small and large companies afraid to innovate.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Patent and copyright law both need major reforms