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		burgerbrain on Aug 31, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Id to release Doom3 source code If it can be shown that you can show that you have a history of reading patents, then it can be argued that you wilfully infringed. It certainly makes defense much harder. Patent lawyers generally recommend that engineers NOT read patents for that reason.

ars on Aug 31, 2011 [–]

What about reading only expired patents?

burgerbrain on Aug 31, 2011 | [–]

I don't know, I'm not a patent lawyer myself.

I suspect however, that they would advise you this is a risky activity.

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