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by dragonwriter 4772 days ago
> Actually, I don't think it's patent abuse as much as it is good old fashioned extortion.

Seems to me that that's like saying "I don't think its criminal homicide so much as it is good old fashioned murder." Using patents to facilitate extortion is the main form of abuse that the phrase "patent abuse" is used to refer to.