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sulla on Nov 25, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tandberg attempts to patent x264 open source algor...

USPTO seems overwhelmed. I would rather see penalties for patent owners where their ability to create new patents is slowed or revoked if any of the patents they own are invalidated.

RexRollman on Nov 26, 2010 [–]

I suspect that the USPTO is more interesting in collecting fees than they are in vetting patent applications.

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