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If Twitter were on Shark Tank right now, Mark and Robert and MR Wonderful would be out due to lack of patent.

With mark publicly opposing software patents, I'd disagree.

However, your point stands, twitter doesn't make much sense in the traditional business POV.

To bolster @hayksaakian's point (plus I just like the name of the Chair position):

"The current state of patents and patent litigation in this country is shameful," said Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks. "Silly patent lawsuits force prices to go up while competition and innovation suffer. That's bad for consumers and bad for business. It's time to fix our broken system, and EFF can help. So that's why part of my donation funds a new title for EFF Staff Attorney Julie Samuels: 'The Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents'."

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-patent-project-gets-h...

I wouldn't put much weight behind Mark Cuban's words. He makes statements like the one you quoted and the next thing you know, he invests in a patent troll that's suing Google for hundreds of millions.

Not just his words. He put money into the EFF as well.

He put 500K into EFF. And 2M+ in Vringo. Well, he's putting money and seems it's more where his mouth isn't.

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