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ajiang
on July 22, 2013
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Victory Lap for Ask Patents
The patent trolls are already on it, patenting crowd-sourcing as a method of patent defense. This will inevitably result in the shut down of Ask Patents in a stunning fit of irony.
adambard
on July 22, 2013
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If only some sort of prior art could be found...
cbhl
on July 22, 2013
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Unless SO itself gets issued said patent, and then turns around and issues a royalty-free worldwide license on it to everybody.
martin-adams
on July 22, 2013
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How about patenting the method of submitting a document to register a patent?
tomjen3
on July 22, 2013
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Unlikely. After all you have an entire site dedicated to finding prior art. I wouldn't want to get my patent killed over that.
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