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First, people that patent something should have to be actively working on the patent; not just sitting on it like a patent troll. Patent trolls stifle innovation.

Second, it should be easy for an inventor or developer to go create something new without having to look through a bunch of patents and see if someone already thought of something related to his idea. The more roadblocks in the way of development, the less development occurs.




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