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recent bookmarks from jmIntellectual Ventures' Evil Knows No Bounds: Buys Patent AmEx Donated For Public Good... And Starts Suing2013-10-08T20:45:11+00:00
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131007/02403824776/intellectual-ventures-evil-knows-no-bounds-buys-patent-amex-donated-public-good-starts-suing.shtml
jmSo you have a situation where even when the original patent holder donated the patent for "the public good," sooner or later, an obnoxious patent troll like IV comes along and turns it into a weapon.
Again: AmEx patented those little numbers on your credit card, and then for the good of the industry and consumer protection donated the patent to a non-profit, who promised not to enforce the patent against banks... and then proceeded to sell the patent to Intellectual Ventures who is now suing banks over it.
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