The Patent Scam (2017)
Unraveling the Us Patent System and It's Trolls
The corruption runs deeper than you'd ever imagine. A multi-billion dollar industry you've never heard of. This is the world Patent Trolls thrive in: A world created for them by our own U. S. Patent system. You can be sued for clicking on a hyperlink, using your own scanner, or sharing your Wi-Fi! It sounds insane, but the reality is even crazier. Patent Trolls look for obvious ideas, patent them, and then sue anyone they claim is infringing on their idea. People's lives and businesses are being destroyed.. and they have no way out. “The Patent Scam” exposes the underbelly of this system, and the people that commit this practice.
- Date of release
- 2017-08-15
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Austin Meyer
Casting
- Austin Meyer — Self - Host
- Phil Adams — 1920s Patent Examiner
- Marlon Healey — 1920s Shoeshine Boy
- Todd A. Moore — Self (as Todd Moore)
- Daniel Nazer — Self (Staff Attorney, Eletronic Frontier Foundation)
- Craig Smith — New Jersey Plumber
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