[ NNSquad ] "When Patents Attack!" (The Rise of the Patent Trolls) - "This American Life"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

When Patents Attack!" (The Rise of the Patent Trolls) - "This American Life"

http://j.mp/rjYaag  (This American Life / WBEZ)
  
    "We take you inside this war, and tell the fascinating story of how an
     idea enshrined in the US constitution to promote progress and
     innovation, is now being used to do the opposite.  PROLOGUE.  Host Ira
     Glass tells the story of Jeff Kelling, whose software company Fototime
     found itself the target of peculiar patent litigation. Then Jeff
     learned that what seemed odd was in fact a common practice carried out
     by entities that some call "patent trolls"-companies that amass huge
     troves of patents and make money by threatening lawsuits."

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