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4. Not be based in the US.

• mcherm 8y ago
  Unless you also do not sell in the US this won't help.
  • jimnotgym 8y ago
    Well it could help but not make you immune. 1. You have diversified your risk, so even if you cannot sell into the US market anymore, you may still have a company that can sell into different parts of the world. 2. Even if you lose and a face a large fee, you may be able to just retreat from the US, leaving the US statutory entities to insolvency, whilst protecting your IP.
• nickpsecurity 8y ago
  A guy that taught me a lot about designing hardware said his company refused to sell to U.S. buyers specifically to avoid patent suits. He said it's also why they did so much obfuscation and NDA's. He said it also works so long as they don't pay a company like ChipWorks to reverse engineer your stuff looking for infringements. Then, it still works given that's expensive enough that most parties that could sue won't do it. So, obfuscation and staying away from U.S. were effective strategies. I thought it had negative implications for competitiveness or financial sustainability of open-source hardware. On top of regular challenges, they might get sued more since the infringement is visible in the source.