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MatthewPhillips on June 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Enough Is Enough

If I'm a patent troll, I see this as a golden opportunity to patent the work of companies they invest in.

tttp on June 2, 2011 [–]

HI,

You can't patent something that has prior art (and if the patent office doesn't see it, it will invalidate the patent it has wrongly granted). Not sure I understood your point.

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