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Top 10 Patent Trolls: https://youtu.be/HJabT5idyxQ

The Patent That Gave us 20 years of Loading Screens - The Point: https://youtu.be/TU7VuXg0vFg

How Patent Trolls Kill Innovation (ReasonTV): https://youtu.be/sDg-Wh0XA-w

King.com files against Arcane Saga:
http://venturebeat.com/community/2014/04/14/sour-but-sweet-an-objective-look-at-the-candy-crush-trademark-saga/

Trying to Remove games with candy in title:
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Candy+Crush+Saga/news.asp?c=56748

Asure software sues over JPG's:
https://www.technewsworld.com%2Fstory%2F33518.html&usg=AFQjCNH4hnGy_tUqxn1OLFencVFxbrxbfA&sig2=REh3xo5zHwYrWWW_XESTEg

Tech Industry scorns Yahoo! over lawsuit:
http://mashable.com/2012/03/14/web-hates-yahoo/#q7tfsIq73kqF

Library of Congress Invention of Telephone:
https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/telephone.html

Bell vs. Western Union:
http://wondermark.com/true-stuff-western-union-bell/

The First Masterpiece of Cinema (Georges Méliès "A Trip to the Moon"): https://youtu.be/_FrdVdKlxUk
The Renegade Roots of Hollywood:
http://www.history.com/news/the-renegade-roots-of-hollywood-studios

Universal Studios Logo (History of Logo):
https://youtu.be/yq6ALO8sqpY

Edison Trust in violation of Sherman Anti-Trust Act (NY Times 1915 article!):
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9803E6D61138E633A25751C0A9669D946496D6CF
The Fine Brothers host the popular "Kids React" show on youtube. Recently, they tried to patent the word "react", and set up a "network" that would enforce their financial control over reaction videos. Understandably, the internet threw a fit. Link to the video and to the Top 10 Patent Trolls in history is in the @cassanaya bio ☝🏽️☝🏽☝🏽 #minutehistory #finebros #patent #troll #patenttroll #edison #finebrothersA photo posted by Cass Anaya of 1 Minute History (@cassanaya) on Sep 2, 2016 at 5:44pm PDT