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As I understand, many tech companies hold onto many broad patents but don't actually enforce them. They do that as a mutual assured destruction tactic. If the c
by ponsin 7y ago
As I understand, many tech companies hold onto many broad patents but don't actually enforce them. They do that as a mutual assured destruction tactic. If the competitor sues them for a violation, then the defendant enforces all of their parents against the plaintiff. I know of many companies in the autonomous vehicle field that do that. One of them (I forget who) has a patent they says that if a car on the neighboring land moves close to your lane, then move your car to the far side of your lane.
- 2rsf 7y agoA bit outdated but still good: https://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/53157-image/Web-of-Lawsuits.jpg https://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/53157-image/Web... https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fNk8E4vY6LE/W8RDptv2anI/AAAAAAAACog/v88jKVADGxAa_MboZk9_24OHq0PlUh8PgCLcBGAs/s1600/18-10-14%2BSmartphone%2BPatents%2BBattlemap.png https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fNk8E4vY6LE/W8RDptv2anI/AAAAAAAAC...
- Zarel 7y agoThat only works for other companies, not for patent trolls that are usually holding companies that own patents but don't have any products that could infringe on patents. The company that sued Cloudflare, Blackbird, is one such company: https://www.blackbird-tech.com/about/ https://www.blackbird-tech.com/about/
- jhloa2 7y agoHoly guacamole their website is extremely hypocritical