A growing number of patent attorneys who have worked on cases for patent hoarders have realized that it s such a lucrative game (and it really is a game -- one that wastes money and harms innovation -- but a game, nonetheless) that they ve jumped ship, either getting or buying patents themselves and launching lawsuits. An anonymous reader points us to one such lawyer who didn t only do that, but has chosen a rather interesting target for his patent lawsuits: other patent lawyers. Yes, that s right. Patent lawyer Wes Whitmeyer apparently got a couple of patents (5,895,468 and 6,182,078) covering ways to manage patent payments, and he s now going after

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