Patents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2016–2024.
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on patents and patent trolls, explaining how stockpiled patents and lawsuit threats burden businesses. It features the East Texas venue of Marshall.
HN shares it as a humorous but accurate primer on patent trolling and why East Texas is a favored venue.
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URL: [link] (Austin Myers) URL: ▶ this video (John Olivier) Above two YouTube videos I’ve been passing around in regard to sometimes peculiar nature of patents law in US and in particular that of eastern district of TX.
in “Apple to Close Stores in Eastern District of Texas to Fight Patent Trolls” · View on HN
Samsung even made an outdoor ice skating rink in front of the court house for that reason. An ice skating rink. Outdoor. In Texas. ▶ this video
in “EFF Presses Federal Circuit to Make Patent Case Filings Public” · View on HN
So blatant. Who is responsible for that site? Local chamber of commerce? Here is a humorous view by John Oliver, of nearby (60 miles) Marshall, TX, another venue for patent trolls ▶ this video
in ““A Popular Venue for Patent Cases”” · View on HN
I don't think it's a coincidence there is that there is a ice skating rink right in front of the courthouse in Marshall, Texas with giant Samsung logos all over it (relevant John Oliver clip ▶ this video ) .
in “Apple Ordered to Pay $625M to Patent Troll in FaceTime Lawsuit” · View on HN