Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 30th June 2012

Dilbert//8477, first published fourteen years ago on Saturday 30th June 2012

Tags

huge fee non practicing entity patent troll patents playing field plunge civilization tangle innovation thwart compnies dark ages

Official transcript

Dogbert: I'm a patent troll, but you can call me a non-practicing entity. For a huge fee, I will use my patents to thwart the companies that are trying to thwart you with their own patents. Together we can strangle innovation and plunge civilization into the dark ages! Boss: That would even the playing field.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'M A PATENT TROLL, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME A NONPRACTICING ENTITY.

FOR A HUGE FEE, I WILL USE MY PATENTS TO THWART THE COMPANIES THAT ARE TRYING TO THWART YOU WITH THEIR OWN PATENTS.

TOGETHER WE CAN STRANGLE INNOVATION AND PLUNGE CIVILIZATION INTO THE DARK AGES!

THAT WOULD EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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