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US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls"

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 21, 2025
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Karikatuur van een partijdige rechter (Un juge impartial), by Honoré Daumier, printed by Jean François Benard, published by Aubert & Cie., (1832 - 1850) Public Domain

We didn't have enough problems with patent trolls extorting money from small businesses, so the US Patent Office made it easier than ever for them to ply their sleazy trade.

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