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Would be quite rare for a patent dispute to go on behind the scenes. There were a lot of leaks suggesting mass production was due to start. I would bet producti
by georgespencer 8y ago
Would be quite rare for a patent dispute to go on behind the scenes. There were a lot of leaks suggesting mass production was due to start. I would bet production did not start, and that early production runs had low yields due to the complexity of the product.
- speedplane 8y ago> Would be quite rare for a patent dispute to go on behind the scenes. Actually the opposite. Most patent disputes are resolved behind the scenes, long before anyone sues each other.
- georgespencer 8y agoTo my definition that makes it not a dispute! It's a commercial discussion with an agreement at the end of it.
- simonh 8y agoIf it breaks down to the point a product gets cancelled, that would be a dispute. However yes, usually in such circumstances it tends to go public.
- speedplane 8y ago>> Most patent disputes are resolved behind the scenes, long before anyone sues each other > To my definition that makes it not a dispute! It's a commercial discussion with an agreement at the end of it. Patent trolls send thousands of companies demands to pay royalties on a technology they never directly used. Fighting the troll costs hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars, but they are only asking for $50k. Most companies begrudgingly pay. To me, that's still a dispute.