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4 June 2015Patents

EFF’s ‘stupid patent’ post is defamatory, alleges patent lawyer

A patent lawyer has sued civil liberties group The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for writing an allegedly defamatory blog that criticises a “stupid patent” owned by a company he represents.

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