Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll

http:www.ted.com Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.

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[legend618]

apple is the biggest patent troll

[Harley Mills]

You are both idiots. Apple and Google are both corporations and would both perpetuate this patent nonsense.

[biolinkstudios]

i am going to patent light hahahaha it a master plan

[Mason Boles]

Apple just patented multi-touch. They are also attempting to patent pinch to zoom. The CEO had stated that he didn't believe in patenting things that are essential to computer functionality, but they constantly do the opposite.

[wikieditspam]

Oh yeah, those lawsuits against Samsung?

[wikieditspam]

How so? I've never actually heard of them doing something like this.

[Melquisedec Alvarado]

Hahahaha, i get it now :')