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Originally Posted by Phogg
The biggest thing these suits are doing is pointing out to the public how vastly under chared patent holders are for their patents, considering the burden all this nonsense places on the public courts.
Patents and copyrights need to have annual fees, and those fees need to adjust to reflect the cost of enforcing them.
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Probably some truth in that, but afaic the more important thing is managing, determining and issuing the PROPER patents in the first place. Some/many things simply should not be patentable. Software should not be patentable for example. Very broad patents in the "look and feel" area should not be patentable. (and those two are much of what this wasted case is about).