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i can't believe they actually pay lodsys already. what a joke.

• daeken 15y ago
  When you're at Apple's scale, license costs for things like these are a rounding error compared to the cost of a legal defense, even if you win. It's cheaper to pay them off.
  • rbanffy 15y ago
    > license costs for things like these are a rounding error Paying a troll is like dumping toxic waste on your water supply. It's, at minimum, inconsiderate. By doing that, they further enabled this troll to go after everybody else.
    • statictype 15y ago
      >Paying a troll Considering that Apple has already licensed the patent before being sued, why do you call them a patent troll. How as Apple to know that they were going to go after other developers? It could have, for all you know, been a legitimate patent licensing issue - unless you think anyone claiming infringement on any software patent is a patent troll - which is a stance I don't really disagree with, but that's a separate argument, I guess.
• toadkick 15y ago
  They didn't, they licensed the patents from Intellectual Ventures years ago. Lodsys acquired the patents after the fact.
  • SwellJoe 15y ago
    Intellectual Ventures is also a patent troll. It's just higher profile and has people involved that had some level of existing respectability at some point in the past.