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In some cases, there are abuses in patent litigation (cf, Lemelson's "bar code" patents) but, for the most part do reward individual inventors and provide R&D money for companies.

When it comes to a complex technology like RFID, there are many individual patent holders with rights to fundamental break-through principles.

Litigation is usually the last resort for many patent-holders becaue it costs them lots of money to go to court.
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Let's hope it kills the whole RFID fad.  JonathonDoe | 09/13/04
Do Patents today really drive innovation?  el1jones | 09/13/04
No, they are used as weapons more then anything  V Sanders | 09/13/04
I would say YES!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
Royalties fund R&D  bertmoore | 04/14/06
Microsloth Chimes In On RFID  itanalyst | 09/13/04
And?  rapson | 09/13/04
Well see, what you don't understand is....  James T. Kirk | 09/13/04
great news  V Sanders | 09/13/04
At least they did it before it became a standard.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
lot of companies do that  V Sanders | 09/13/04
Time for the Open Source alternative  FilledOut | 09/13/04
Open Source Myth  bertmoore | 04/14/06
Bring back the commentary  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
YEAH!!!!  slopoke | 09/13/04
Is ZDNet is killing the talkbacks, or just incompetent?  JonathonDoe | 09/13/04
You may be right.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/13/04
Keep in mind  rapson | 09/13/04
Hi Carl, I hope that you're right...  JonathonDoe | 09/14/04
$Billions they are going to spend on RFID ...  Vily Clay | 09/13/04
Litigation is the last resort  bertmoore | 04/14/06

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