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Microsoft sues InterDigital for 'monopoly power' over mobile patents

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Re: Pot? Kettle?

The system itself is not lunacy, just the corporate shenanigans that accompany it.

Who would spend money on R&D if their competitors copy it without paying? That would be a classic "free rider" problem, leading to a dearth of innovation.

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