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Now for the details…

In 1992 an inventor came up with an idea regarding methods for improving products through feedback from user to developer, which he later patented (7222078 & 7620565).

In 2004 the patent fell into the clutches of the mega patent troll IV through one of its numerous shells, where it stayed up until 2010 – when it ended up being owned by Lodsys, IV‘s subsidiary. It was found