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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google: It's time to take action against patent
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Fri Apr 5 11:50:51 2013
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:31:08 -0700
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It's time to take action against patent trolls and patent privateering
http://j.mp/10jyEET (Google Public Policy Blog)
"Today, we submitted comments together with BlackBerry, EarthLink and
Red Hat to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on
the growing harm caused by patent assertion entities (more widely
known as patent trolls). We've been encouraged by recent attention on
the problem of trolls, which cost the U.S. economy nearly $30 billion
a year. Trolls are hurting consumers and are increasingly going after
small businesses, hampering innovation and reducing competition. Our
comments today also focus on a worrisome trend: some companies are
increasingly transferring patents to trolls-and providing incentives
to assert those patents against their competitors. These transfers can
raise rivals' costs and undermine patent peace."
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+1.0e10 (In other words, amen.)
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