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0 pointsnoonespecial13y ago0 comments

I thought I saw somewhere that the loathsome "Intellectual" Ventures had a program where you could rent some patents to sue with.

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greenyoda13y ago· 1 in thread

If I remember correctly, the courts ruled against this practice, deciding that only the actual owner of a patent had standing to sue for infringement.

learc8313y ago

I'm not sure about patents, but at least with copyright the judge in the Righthaven case ruled that Righthaven lacked standing to sue because they didn't have exclusive rights to the copyright.

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