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Those who knowingly violate a known patent makes them responsible for treble damages.

This applies much more in the realm of software, because of the idiocy of things like the XOR mouse patent, Amazon 1-Click, and many other obvious 'inventions' that aren't, but were provided patent protection.



You need to prefix your statement with "In the USA" to give the right context.




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