{"id":6490,"date":"2012-05-29T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T10:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/?p=6490"},"modified":"2012-05-14T23:01:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T03:01:50","slug":"ted-talk-how-i-beat-a-patent-troll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2012\/05\/29\/ted-talk-how-i-beat-a-patent-troll\/","title":{"rendered":"TED Talk: How I beat a patent troll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patents are annoying. My field <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2008\/02\/23\/blackboard-won-suit-against-d2l\/\">watched<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2011\/01\/21\/d2l-drops-utah-lawsuit\/\">train<\/a> wreck of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2008\/01\/05\/step-back-and-take-a-deep-breath\/\">lawsuits<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0a few years ago. So it makes me happy to watch a video where someone beat a patent troll.<\/p>\n<p>If the below video does not work, then try\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E_lb3D7Ay-M\">Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"526\" height=\"374\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2012\/Blank\/DrewCurtis_2012-320k.mp4&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/DrewCurtis_2012-embed.jpg&amp;vw=512&amp;vh=288&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=1422&amp;lang=&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=drew_curtis_how_i_beat_a_patent_troll;year=2012;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=technology_history_and_destiny;event=TED2012;tag=business;tag=entrepreneur;tag=law;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"pluginspace\" value=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patents are annoying. 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