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craftyguy
on Aug 24, 2018
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Supreme Court Should Say No to Patents That Take O...
That has nothing to do with patents and/or patent trolling. You don't need to pay patent royalties to file your taxes.. (for example)
ErikVandeWater
on Aug 27, 2018
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You're correct that it doesn't have to do with patents. But the point is about abusing the legal system to extract value from others. What Turbotax does is worse. So it is not a "new level" of abuse of the legal system.
sfRattan
on Aug 25, 2018
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Both are arguably forms of rent-seeking.
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