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		ALittleLight on Aug 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Patent Trolls Inbound: Our First Lawsuit I assume patent trolls buy old patents at a discount and then try to find companies to attack with them.

sometimeshuman on Aug 25, 2022 [–]

Yep happened to me. The parent company was an e-cigarette business and they use the profits to buy random patents that have nothing to do with their core business. It was like getting a shakedown call from a mobster.

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