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A judge wants to make patent trolling a first amendment issue

by jkbyc on 10/7/16, 9:06 PM with 1 comments

• by languagewars on 10/8/16, 12:23 AM

  I expected an odd argument about speech to the patent office in constructing an absurd patent and was pleasantly surprised that it was more thought out.

  But the argument seems like it should equally end trade secrets and the various gag orders from the legal system over civil matters? Aren't these limiting your 1st amendment rights and of lower priority than those rights?