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To: FJB who wrote (13549)12/12/2011 11:41:09 AM
From: yofal  Respond to of 32692
 
The way I understand the term "Patent Troll"…

…was companies formed solely to purchase IP (like NTP) who then use it parasitically to profit from companies doing actual work.

That Apple wants to defensively slow down the open sourcing of their work product is likely entirely required by their shareholders.

en.wikipedia.org.