{"id":1318,"date":"2006-03-20T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-20T03:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/1318\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T12:26:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T01:26:02","slug":"1318","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.radio-active.net.au\/web3\/1318","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Today has been fairly quiet – although I do not know if that is because I wanted it to be quiet because I was recovering from some minor flu symptoms, or if it has just turned out that way. It does not matter either way. All that matters is that things have been a bit quiet which is what I needed. I probably did not get quite enough sleep last night but I am sure that I can improve things a bit with a nap in a little while. <\/p>\n

I was reading the latest issue of Circuit Cellar – a magazine for electrical engineers – one of the better ones. Anyway, the editorial at the back gave the derivation for the term ‘Patent Troll’. Despite this being a rather rude term for the people or companies that sit on patents until somone else implements the idea and sues them, this is a polite term. The libelous term was ‘Patent Extortion’ and a lawyer in the USA got sued by opposing counsel for using the term. I dont know about you, but I think that being called a PATENT TROLL would be libelous in itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today has been fairly quiet – although I do not know if that is because I wanted it to be quiet because I was recovering from some minor flu symptoms, or if it has just turned out that way. It …<\/p>\n

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