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Intel encourages employees to file all sorts of crappy patents, but I don't see it as a bad or evil practice, but rather as a defensive strategy. Meaning that t
by thecompilr 9y ago
Intel encourages employees to file all sorts of crappy patents, but I don't see it as a bad or evil practice, but rather as a defensive strategy.
Meaning that they don't really enforce patent usage on others, instead they need to have a trove of own patents as defense against patent trolls.
- dec0dedab0de 9y agoExcept if they go out of business at some point, and all those patents end up in the hands of trolls.
- Viper007Bond 9y agoI don't see Intel going out of business any time soon...
- john_moscow 9y agoMuch likely they would get acquired by another BigCo specifically for patents, trademarks, etc.
- gruez 9y ago>instead they need to have a trove of own patents as defense against patent trolls but the whole point of patent trolling is that you're suing via a non-practicing entity, which a shell company that does nothing but hold patents, so there's nothing to sue back at.
- utopcell 9y agoMost likely it doesn't help against trolls but strengthens their position in cross-licensing negotiations with other companies. When a company's portfolio includes many thousands of patents, due diligence to discover the important ones becomes impossible and it's then a numbers game.