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Valve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companies
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this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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At that point you could just patent breathing.
"Method and apparatus for insufflation of oxygen into a body by means of flexible permeable membrane"
Such poetic justice, though, ain't it? I guess they must've thought Valve was easy, low hanging fruit? But of a mistake, if so. Just a little one, mind you!