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> It is starting to really annoy me when powerful countries like China and my country, tha USA, throw their weight up against companies just doing business.

Patents only exist because governments offer companies a framework to have government-backed enforcement of a property right. If Qualcomm want to do business without government interference, let them go without copyright, trademarks, and patents.




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