/image%2F0489110%2F201303%2Fob_911f1ccd1b8a27f8ec533f98c8b2a420_barbantini.jpeg)
RT @TechCrunch: 3 Silly Abuses Obama's Patent Troll Executive Order Could Stop http://t.co/anpUz9i1BR by @ferenstein
June 04, 2013
Advertising
/http%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Ftctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F06%2Fflickr-cali4beach.jpg%3Ffit%3D440%2C330)
3 Silly Abuses Obama's Patent Troll Executive Order Could Stop
Allowing for the legal ownership of ideas has some silly unintended consequences. "Dumbass patents are crushing small businesses," Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban once told me. Roughly a third of startups have been threatened with patent violations, often by entities built solely to scare small businesses into settling (so-called "patent troll").