US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls"

We didn't have enough problems with patent trolls extorting money from small businesses, so the US Patent Office made it easier than ever for them to ply their sleazy trade. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reports that the USPTO released a steaming pile of bureaucratic feculence last month titled "USPTO rescinds memorandum addressing discretionary denial procedures." — Read the rest The post US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls" appeared first on Boing Boing.

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US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls"
Karikatuur van een partijdige rechter (Un juge impartial), by Honoré Daumier, printed by Jean François Benard, published by Aubert & Cie., (1832 - 1850) Public Domain

We didn't have enough problems with patent trolls extorting money from small businesses, so the US Patent Office made it easier than ever for them to ply their sleazy trade.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reports that the USPTO released a steaming pile of bureaucratic feculence last month titled "USPTO rescinds memorandum addressing discretionary denial procedures." — Read the rest

The post US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls" appeared first on Boing Boing.