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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here
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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (6453)2/21/2000 3:29:00 PM
From: axial   of 12823
 
Scott -

I neglected the most important aspect of this (mis)usage of patents - it discourages competition.

Buy the patents, lock 'em up, and sue the hell out of everyone who tries to compete in your playground. But if you don't have a patent, and the competition does, well, just ignore 'em. If they want to go to court, maybe they can win after years and millions spent in litigation.

Discouraging innovation is one thing, but the practice goes a lot more damage than that: free enterprise be damned.
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