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		dreamdu5t on Nov 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Newegg trial: Crypto legend takes the stand, goes ... It goes both ways. We can't determine how many good things never happened because of patents.

lmm on Nov 25, 2013 [–]

There are things we don't know, sure. But if we just look at court cases we're going to see a very biased picture, because the bad effects of patents are much more likely to cause court cases than the good effects.

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