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Originally Posted by Professor S
US patent law was built by lawyers who want to be able to continually sue over infringement. The data and technology company I work for is not a big one, but we have been in a perpetual state of legal action over the last 15 years. The standards for patents are so low that you can basically patent a general idea for the express purpose of suing anyone who comes up with something similar. These people make a living on out of court settlements. It's completely corrupt and will likely never change as long as trial lawyers continue to lobby against reform.
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This is so true from my experience as well... hopefully patent law is reformed in the future.