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In HN parlance, once they shut down their own app do they become a... patent troll?
by ggg9990 9y ago
In HN parlance, once they shut down their own app do they become a... patent troll?
- serf 9y agomost patent troll firms just buy portfolios worth of patents without the extra baggage of the company that created the patent. trolling comes down to their use of patent ownership and how they (ab)use it to make cash.
- takeda 9y agoI don't know, in my view a patent troll is a company that managed to obtain a patent for something trivial that most people would not even think of obtain a patent for. For example: - displaying originating city/state based on area code of a calling number - swipe to unlock the phone - rounded corners and is trying to get money from anyone who uses it Typing through swiping is a bit more innovative. To be honest, I think there shouldn't be any patents on software. That field is thrives on building on top of work of others, and things change quickly, so patents are actually stifling innovation. At least if software patents can't be eliminated they should be much much shorter.