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Even if they were, like at almost every major company, engineers in Amazon are told _not_ to look at patents at all, ever. The way the patent system in the US
by Twirrim 8y ago
Even if they were, like at almost every major company, engineers in Amazon are told _not_ to look at patents at all, ever.
The way the patent system in the US is set up, there's a huge financial difference (orders of magnitude, IIRC) between "accidental infringement" and "wilful infringement".
If your engineers have never gone looking for patents, it can't be argued that you wilfully infringed on existing patents, should it ever go to court.
- sib 8y ago> The way the patent system in the US is set up, there's a huge financial difference (orders of magnitude, IIRC) between "accidental infringement" and "wilful infringement". It's up to 3x ("treble damages") and the US Supreme Court lowered the standard for granting increased damages not too long ago. https://www.jonesday.com/Supreme-Court-Upends-Law-of-Treble-Damages-in-Patent-Cases-06-15-2016/ https://www.jonesday.com/Supreme-Court-Upends-Law-of-Treble-...