It reminds me of that Onion piece on a Kindle that loudly shouts what book you're reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDBzQkWeQ5g
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Here is the proposed text: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/21/2023-08239/changes-under-consideration-to-discretionary-institution-practices-petition-word-count-limits-and
The news piece linked is too vague in its explanation on what precisely is in this text that will help patent trolls. I also can't figure out what it is from my skimming. Perhaps someone with a better legal reading can elucidate.
I imagine a programmer unaware of anything that's going on writing the code for the latest, greatest /r/place feature, getting so wrapped up on the project that they don't realize it's not April anymore, smiling proudly and announcing loudly when they deliver their pride and joy. Only to see it be transformed into a big penis that shoots out the letters API.