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	* [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/opinion/slowing-the-patent-trolls.html Slowing the Patent Trolls (NY Times op-ed)]		* [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/opinion/slowing-the-patent-trolls.html Slowing the Patent Trolls (NY Times op-ed)]
	* [http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you Tesla: All Our Patent Are Belong To You]		* [http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you Tesla: All Our Patent Are Belong To You]
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	* [http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/12/difference-engine-0 Obituary for software patents]		* [http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/12/difference-engine-0 Obituary for software patents]
	* [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/opinion/slowing-the-patent-trolls.html Slowing the Patent Trolls (NY Times op-ed)]		* [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/opinion/slowing-the-patent-trolls.html Slowing the Patent Trolls (NY Times op-ed)]
		+	* [http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you Tesla: All Our Patent Are Belong To You]

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-Like [[legal briefs]], '''[[patents]]''' are a specialized, highly formal variety of written-language documents with very particular formatting requirements varying by the particular patent office involved (each country has a different one).
+Like [[legal briefs]], '''patents''' are a specialized, highly formal variety of written-language documents with very particular formatting requirements varying by the particular patent office involved (each country has a different one).
 A patent describes an invention, and if approved by the patent office, grants a limited-time monopoly on that particular idea. In theory, patents promote dissemination of innovation by encouraging inventions to be documented publicly instead of being withheld as trade secrets, and once the patent expires the idea is in the public domain for all to use. However, patents tend to be written in a stilted style of language sometimes termed "patentese", difficult for anybody but a patent lawyer to understand; there are many quirks of wording, including a tendency to refer to "a plurality of..." whenever one wishes to say that there is more than one of something. When patents wind up in legal cases, it can be extremely expensive for both sides due to the need for specialized lawyers and elaborate presentations to attempt to explain a patent and its applicability to a particular case in terms a jury can understand.

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	* [https://trollingeffects.org/ Trolling Effects: searchable database of patent troll demand letters]		* [https://trollingeffects.org/ Trolling Effects: searchable database of patent troll demand letters]
	* [http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/12/difference-engine-0 Obituary for software patents]		* [http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/12/difference-engine-0 Obituary for software patents]
		+	* [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/opinion/slowing-the-patent-trolls.html Slowing the Patent Trolls (NY Times op-ed)]

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+Like [[legal briefs]], '''[[patents]]''' are a specialized, highly formal variety of written-language documents with very particular formatting requirements varying by the particular patent office involved (each country has a different one).
 Like [[legal briefs]], '''patents''' are a specialized, highly formal variety of written-language documents with very particular formatting requirements varying by the particular patent office involved (each country has a different one).
 A patent describes an invention, and if approved by the patent office, grants a limited-time monopoly on that particular idea. In theory, patents promote dissemination of innovation by encouraging inventions to be documented publicly instead of being withheld as trade secrets, and once the patent expires the idea is in the public domain for all to use. However, patents tend to be written in a stilted style of language sometimes termed "patentese", difficult for anybody but a patent lawyer to understand; there are many quirks of wording, including a tendency to refer to "a plurality of..." whenever one wishes to say that there is more than one of something. When patents wind up in legal cases, it can be extremely expensive for both sides due to the need for specialized lawyers and elaborate presentations to attempt to explain a patent and its applicability to a particular case in terms a jury can understand.
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 * [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2013/07/22.html Victory Lap for Ask Patents]
 * [https://trollingeffects.org/ Trolling Effects: searchable database of patent troll demand letters]

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	* [http://patents.stackexchange.com/ Ask Patents] (tries to find prior art to invalidate bad patent applications)		* [http://patents.stackexchange.com/ Ask Patents] (tries to find prior art to invalidate bad patent applications)
	* [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2013/07/22.html Victory Lap for Ask Patents]		* [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2013/07/22.html Victory Lap for Ask Patents]
		+	* [https://trollingeffects.org/ Trolling Effects: searchable database of patent troll demand letters]

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	* [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-ridiculous-things-people-tried-to-patent/ The 5 Most Ridiculous Things People Tried to Patent]		* [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-ridiculous-things-people-tried-to-patent/ The 5 Most Ridiculous Things People Tried to Patent]
	* [http://blog.joshuafox.com/2012/10/the-evil-engineers-guide-to-patents.html The evil engineer's guide to patents]		* [http://blog.joshuafox.com/2012/10/the-evil-engineers-guide-to-patents.html The evil engineer's guide to patents]
		+	* [http://patents.stackexchange.com/ Ask Patents] (tries to find prior art to invalidate bad patent applications)
		+	* [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2013/07/22.html Victory Lap for Ask Patents]

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	* [http://www.uspto.gov/patents/index.jsp USPTO patent section]		* [http://www.uspto.gov/patents/index.jsp USPTO patent section]
	* [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-ridiculous-things-people-tried-to-patent/ The 5 Most Ridiculous Things People Tried to Patent]		* [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-ridiculous-things-people-tried-to-patent/ The 5 Most Ridiculous Things People Tried to Patent]
		+	* [http://blog.joshuafox.com/2012/10/the-evil-engineers-guide-to-patents.html The evil engineer's guide to patents]

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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	* [http://www.uspto.gov/patents/index.jsp USPTO patent section]		* [http://www.uspto.gov/patents/index.jsp USPTO patent section]
		+	* [http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-5-most-ridiculous-things-people-tried-to-patent/ The 5 Most Ridiculous Things People Tried to Patent]

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 Patents sometimes have an impact on file formats of all sorts, as something that was believed to be free and open turns out to have a patent protecting some aspect of it and causing users of the format to be subject to litigation. This happened, for instance, with the [[GIF]] graphic format, which incorporated the patented [[LZW]] compression technique (but this patent has subsequently expired).
 == Links ==
 * [http://www.uspto.gov/patents/index.jsp USPTO patent section]