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yarrel on Sept 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent...

How do you steal IP? Has someone broken into the patent office and rifled through the filing cabinets?

regularfry on Sept 7, 2012 [–]

Technically it is possible to steal a copyright, by falsely claiming to be the owner. I presume you could do something similar with a patent.

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