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"Law"? Meaning 1-L, right? Reality does not work that way. The burden of proof is on the person who's trying to contest an existing patent claim, and that burden is an expensive one to carry against a well-funded opponent.

Seriously. What exactly do you think Apple is going to do when you mail in a check for $2520 to the USPTO and they inform the company's patent counsel that a valuable claim is being reexamined?

This oughta be good.



I'm an attorney. Read http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s2209.html

However, we can continue to speak in hypotheticals that support your particularly cynical (and uninformed) view of the patent system, if you'd like.




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