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I think if you're a billionaire already, the better strategy would be to file those patents and never prosecute anyone because of them. Not filing for a patent leaves the option for a patent troll to do so.

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Seems practical, but patent trolls are just going to patent something else anyway. They're patenting basic ideas at this point, and there is an unlimited supply of patentable ideas.

The only solution is to fix the patent system.

Now that they've been publicly disclosed, don't they become prior art for other people wanting to patent them?

> "But in the interest of helping anyone who may ever face a patent troll on these topics..."

Precisely the point of his blog post.

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