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Good for them. Having been on the receiving end of patent trolls seven times, it's a challenging situation. It's easy to settle, and risky to fight. To give cr
by redm 8y ago
Good for them. Having been on the receiving end of patent trolls seven times, it's a challenging situation. It's easy to settle, and risky to fight.
To give credit where its due, this aggressive defense strategy dates back to Lee Cheng from Newegg, predating CloudFlare. [1] [2] [3]
[1] https://profilemagazine.com/2013/newegg/ https://profilemagazine.com/2013/newegg/
[2] https://www.newegg.com/insider/patent-trolls-learn-mess-newegg/ https://www.newegg.com/insider/patent-trolls-learn-mess-newe...
[3] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140402/14293426778/newegg-gets-patent-troll-macrosolve-to-fold-like-cheap-suit.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140402/14293426778/neweg...
- pvg 8y agoTim O'Reilly did this quite a while ago and it probably wasn't the first public appeal for help with prior art. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/23/business/patents-web-site-invites-bounty-hunters-disprove-ownership-ideas-even-those-its.html https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/23/business/patents-web-site...
- krc17 8y agoNewegg was definitely a role model for us at Cloudflare. However, we followed Cloudflare's approach on the prior art search and ethic complain this time.