<story><title>East Texas judge throws out 168 patent cases</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/east-texas-judge-throws-out-168-patent-cases-in-one-fell-swoop/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>TheMagicHorsey</author><text>Software patents are pitched as a policy choice that encourages programmers by giving them some financial incentive to invent more software.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s how they have been pitched to programmers and the American people.&lt;p&gt;However, after having worked in the patent industry for a few years now, I can tell you software patents are really just a mechanism to redistribute the wealth of engineers to lawyers.  Period.  That&amp;#x27;s the end result.  Nothing more.&lt;p&gt;I wish this was some sort of exaggeration.  But it isn&amp;#x27;t in my opinion.</text></comment>
<story><title>East Texas judge throws out 168 patent cases</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/east-texas-judge-throws-out-168-patent-cases-in-one-fell-swoop/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bsimpson</author><text>&amp;gt; reformed rules would have forced trolls like eDekka to actually explain how their targets infringe their patents. However, that&amp;#x27;s not currently a requirement&lt;p&gt;How is it even possible to sue somebody for something you can&amp;#x27;t show that they did?</text></comment>