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Originally Posted by fragment
Is it supposed to be a good thing that companies can suppress competition by gaining patents that don't stand up to scrutiny?
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I think it’s important to remember that the entire point of patents and copyright is to suppress competition from non patent/copyright holders, ostensibly so creators can profit enough to keep creating.
I don’t think it makes gaming the system or patent trolling okay, but just that we shouldn’t be surprised when the system setup to suppress competition takes it too far.
Also whether someone is trolling or just defending their creation is a debate of facts for each case.
Edited to add: I think I largely said what Chuck said only I did it less well.