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burgerbrain on Oct 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Files Patent for In-App Purchases

It seems as though there are exactly two reasons to get a patent.

To troll people with, and to protect yourself from the first.

It's about time we just did away with the entire system.

ryanhuff on Oct 8, 2011 [–]

In this particular case, protecting itself (Apple) could mean protecting iPhone developers.

burgerbrain on Oct 8, 2011 | [–]

My point is that if the only "legitimate" purpose of patents is to counteract the illegitimate purpose, the proper solution is to do away entirely.

alexqgb on Oct 9, 2011 | | [–]

<slow clap>

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