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pyre on Sept 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why didn't we patent the spreadsheet? Were we stup...

Say you're a little guy with a patent. How much time, effort, and money will it take to sue a large corporation with deep pockets and several law firms on retainer?

DougBTX on Sept 21, 2013 [–]

That's the NPE/patent troll sales pitch, just sell them your patent and they'll worry about that.

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