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Patent trolling has been around well before trump came into office. Id argue the two have very little to do with each other.

It's not like America just went bad suddenly when trump got elected. We've had issues like this for a very long time. It's just easier to see the corruption now when the guy in charge isn't pretending to be nice like all the other ones.

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I agree.

Upon reflection, it's more that Andrei Iancu is being quoted out of context. The featured quote is:

> "Remarkably, in what I believe amounts to Orwellian ‘doublespeak,’ those who’ve been advancing the patent troll narrative argue that they do so because they are actually pro-innovation. That by their highlighting, relentlessly, the dangers in the patent system, they actually encourage innovation. Right!"

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