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Patents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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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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4 comments from Hacker News

@sesutton2016 · in “Apple Ordered to Pay $625M to Patent Troll in FaceTime Lawsuit”

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 [VIDEO] ) .

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@donretag2016 · in ““A Popular Venue for Patent Cases””

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 [VIDEO]

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@rixrax2019 · in “Apple to Close Stores in Eastern District of Texas to Fight Patent Trolls”

URL: [LINK] (Austin Myers) URL: [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.

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@soraminazuki2024 · in “EFF Presses Federal Circuit to Make Patent Case Filings Public”

Samsung even made an outdoor ice skating rink in front of the court house for that reason. An ice skating rink. Outdoor. In Texas. [VIDEO]

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