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by nevir 4781 days ago
Where was he years ago when this sort of 2-factor auth was starting to get popular?

Don't you have to actively defend your patent? Sitting on it for 15 years and then deciding to sue on a whim can't look good in a court's eyes...

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> Don't you have to actively defend your patent?

No, you don't. You may be thinking of trademarks, which you do have to defend or license to avoid dilution.

You may say that this is a problem with the patent system. But here on HN, we already know how broken the patent system is, don't we?