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Or, incentivize membership by having the group own a bunch of patents, and then sue people who don't pay their membership! The ultimate protection racket! "Yo
by kbutler 9y ago
Or, incentivize membership by having the group own a bunch of patents, and then sue people who don't pay their membership!
The ultimate protection racket! "You've got a nice product here, shame if a lawsuit happened to it..."
Wouldn't you know, it already exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_LA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_LA
- jogjayr 9y agoYeah it's a fine line between "insurance" and "protection". The key distinguishing factor here is the protection pool actively seeks to invalidate bad patents. It could also lobby for patent reform. By doing so, it makes patent trolling less profitable and thereby, reduces the need for itself in the future. It's like a health insurance company funding research into perfect health and immortality (but more achievable).