Patents: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2016–2024
comedy · general · 2016–2024 on HN
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on patents and patent trolls, explaining how stockpiled patents and lawsuit threats burden businesses. It features the East Texas venue of Marshall.
HN shares it as a humorous but accurate primer on patent trolling and why East Texas is a favored venue.
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4 comments from Hacker News
URL: link (Austin Myers) URL: ▶ this video (John Olivier) Above two YouTube videos I’ve been passing around in regard to sometimes peculiar nature of patents law in US and in particular that of eastern district of TX.
Samsung even made an outdoor ice skating rink in front of the court house for that reason. An ice skating rink. Outdoor. In Texas. ▶ this video
So blatant. Who is responsible for that site? Local chamber of commerce? Here is a humorous view by John Oliver, of nearby (60 miles) Marshall, TX, another venue for patent trolls ▶ this video
I don't think it's a coincidence there is that there is a ice skating rink right in front of the courthouse in Marshall, Texas with giant Samsung logos all over it (relevant John Oliver clip ▶ this video ) .