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Honestly, the EFF should be IPR-ing all of these instead of complaining about the patent system in general.

It sounds like the lawsuits over this patent are probably for minimal amounts of money.

I completely disagree, complaining about the patent system is a good thing to do, that doesn't preclude doing something else too. I also don't see why the amount of money extorted matter.

Complaining makes you feel good. Meantime the trolls are cashing the checks.

Abolishing software patents would be a very heavy lift, but not impossible.

In this case, complaining made me aware of the issue. I've known about patent trolling but not this particular kind. So complaining is a form of raising awareness which could be a good first step if system reform is needed.

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