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jlgreco on Aug 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple v. Samsung - Meet the foreman of the jury

Can you elaborate on this? Do you mean that patents benefit the technical community because they grant legal monopolies and allow companies sell licensing?

anamax on Aug 27, 2012 [–]

Do you really think that selling licensing is the only financial benefit to a legal monopoly?

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