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Old 10-April-06, 10:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Other: 'Patent Trolls' are the Victims

Ronald J. Riley, president of the Professional Investors Alliance USA has some strong words in response to Next-Gen.Biz' recent interview concerning "patent trolling", or the acquisition of patents for the sole purpose of suing infringers.

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The following is in response to the interview, "Beware the Patent Troll", which featured GDC speaker and attorney Steve Rubin. Rubin said last month that many method patents pertaining to videogames are vague and far-reaching (he refers to AVG's spherical panning case often), and game companies must be aware of these patents lest they be sued for infringement. He claims that the patent system "has gone a little nuts," and grants "too great of a monopoly, for too little of an invention."

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