Senate Vote Could Give Helping Hand To Patent Trolls
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Update 9/26/24: The hearing and scheduled committee vote on PERA and PREVAIL was canceled. Supporters can continue to register their opposition via our action, as these bills may still be scheduled for a vote later in 2024. Update 9/20/24: The Senate vote scheduled for Thursday, Sep. 19 has been...
  • kbal@fedia.io
    26·
    2 months ago

    If most pirates are the kind who sail around drinking rum and chasing booty, patent trolls are the kind of pirates who blow a big hole in the side of a supertanker to steal a few barrels of oil and let the rest drain into the ocean.

  • Nytefyre@kbin.melroy.org
    3·
    2 months ago

    In a Trump-lead administration and Ajit Pai heading FCC, this totally would’ve been passed by now. I don’t like how this is on the table at all and how the decision could go either way. But I’ll take that trade off than it for it to be guaranteed.

    But, one bill (PERA) is from a Republican. The other bill (PREVAIL) is from a Democrat. So, this is a bipartisan effort to fuck over everyone here.