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This 32-year-old state senator is trying to get patent trolls out
of Mass
31 points by jessiemcr
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/14/this-32-year-old-state-senator...___________________________________________________________________
asdfologist - 1 hours ago
How dare he? They're just trying to atone for their sins.
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mc32 - 43 minutes ago
This can only be good for Mass tech and tech companies in general.
One can only hope more politicians wise up to the negative
externalities of patent trolls. That and opposition to anti-
compete clauses are what politicians should to attract talent to
their regional economies.
johansch - 29 minutes ago
Now tell East Texas that...Edit: honestly, the idea of having the
software patents disgrace/mess untangled seems hopeless by now. I
can't even begin to imagine what kind of seismic event it would
take to pull that off. :/There's so much more money involved now
(in all kinds of places - now we have massive passive collections
both in old- and new-style companies) than last time there was a
huge fight surrounding software patents.Sure, each US state and
each EU country can work towards making things harder for patent
trolls, but how much will that help in most cases where products
are global and the patent troll can pick their venue at their
leisure.