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i'm sure the cost for trying (bit of cash) is greatly outweighed by the benefits of successfully being awarded the patent
by therobot24 10y ago
i'm sure the cost for trying (bit of cash) is greatly outweighed by the benefits of successfully being awarded the patent
- amelius 10y agoWhat are the benefits if you can't enforce it?
- nickpsecurity 10y agoHave you been following patent suits in the U.S. at all? You bet they'll be able to enforce it on somebody if they get it. The results pay off the patent and then some.
- dudus 10y agoTo defend yourself against patent trolls
- rst 10y agoNope. If Google being sued by someone else with a similar business, having patents of their own might help with a countersuit -- Google would allege that PlaintiffX was infringing Google's patents in the course of its own business. But a pure patent troll doesn't operate any business at all (other than collecting license fees), so they can't infringe somebody else's patents in the course of doing the nothing that they do.
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- exhilaration 10y agoAnd the cost savings of avoiding litigation if a patent troll patents it first.