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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
todayilearned@noc.social ("Today I learned") wrote:
TIL the first patent pool in American history was formed in 1856 because four sewing machine companies had sued each other into total deadlock. For five years nobody in the US could build a sewing machine without being dragged into court by somebody.
https://arizonalawreview.org/mossoff/
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