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		brianobush on Feb 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Honeywell Files Patent Lawsuit Against Smart Therm... If you can't innovate, sue. Sad to think that this line of reasoning will persist.

rndmize on Feb 6, 2012 [–]

I doubt they can't innovate so much as have no interest in spending the money needed to do so, and probably found that suing the new competitor is cheaper than working hard enough to compete with them.

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