Laws Against Patent Trolls

Arrrggghh.. making laws making things worse...

“Patent trolls are companies that purchase patents and intimidate thousands of individuals and small businesses with the threat of a lawsuit,” said Sen. Jackie Winters, R-Salem, who sponsored the bill, which was introduced this session. “The aim is to extort cash from companies or individuals in order to make the threat of litigation go away.”

The solution is not to ban patent trolls, the solution is to get rid of the patent regime!  Patent trolls are freedoms friend...  they abuse the system, and in so doing expand disapproval thereof.  Leave patent trolls alone.

For example, Winters said, “A patent troll (recently) sent letters to construction businesses across Oregon demanding a $150 licensing fee for the normal process of using fans to reduce moisture at a construction site.”

Are you kidding?  I know plenty of people in construction.  If any one had received such a letter, they would reply, "Sure, come on by for your check, Tuesday morning, we'll be pouring cement.  Bring your lawyer."

Montesquieu said "Useless laws weaken the necessary laws."  We do not need anti-troll laws, and we do not need patent laws.  As long as the regime minions keep piling up useless laws, they are bringing themselves down.

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