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business that cashes in on inventions of others by buying up patents before expiration date

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patent infringement

The New York Times

Supreme Court of the United States

PricewaterhouseCoopers

International Standard Book Number

Richard Stallman

President of the United States

Wayback Machine

Categories

Criticism of intellectual property Discovery and invention controversies Patent law Patent monetization companies of the United States Pejorative terms United States-centric

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