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		te_platt on Feb 26, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Judge makes lawyers pay for frivolous patent suit It's nice to see some common sense find its way into our civil court system here in the U.S. I only wish awarding attorney's fees to the winner were mandatory.

CaptSpify on Feb 26, 2008 [–]

The Ancient Greeks had something similar: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/socrates/gr... See "The Trial" section

I wish we had something like this in place today.

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