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Defense is a lot more expensive than offense in civil court. Complicated cases like these can be dragged for years and they'd have to pay for it. Intellectual p

Defense is a lot more expensive than offense in civil court. Complicated cases like these can be dragged for years and they'd have to pay for it. Intellectual property laws are very in the favor of whomever has the money to throw lawyers around.

megous 5y ago
Yes, but what would replit gain? Going after such a case would have given them nothing except for some expense. Dragging random people through court without any meaningful expected outcome sure doesn't seem like something VC's would like to fund. I'm not a VC though. Do they just rubber stamp whatever bullshit behavior from a CEO?
- juancb 5y ago
  On the other hand what would such a move get Radon? Amjad seemed to sense that maybe he was fishing for a job. Which to me it seems like he was especially being a new grad. The approach backfired and now he airs the interaction which gets Radon publicity. We only have one side of the story so it's hard to tell what exactly is going on here.
  - jjeaff 5y ago
    Seems like Radon was just being friendly. The CEO had shared with Radon some progress and looks like he was just updating him on what he had been up to.
- testudovictoria 5y ago
  This isn't about what Replit can gain. It's about stifling this before it can ever become something more that a legal threat. Replit is banking on legal pressure to win this for them, because there's likely a nasty PR fallout on the other side of actual litigation.
- acdha 5y ago
  Once it becomes personal, don’t assume economic analysis will have any weight in the decision to continue suing. VCs give money but they’re not going to micromanage the company unless something becomes a major distraction. Given how much the VC model involves finding things to monetize, I would not expect strong pushback against a claim that they have IP to protect (that’s an asset which the VCs co-own & intend to monetize) and if they have a lawyer on retainer it might not even be much of an expense to pursue early on.
- SSLy 5y ago
  Your question about replit assumes the CEO behaves logically.

megous 5y ago

Yes, but what would replit gain? Going after such a case would have given them nothing except for some expense. Dragging random people through court without any meaningful expected outcome sure doesn't seem like something VC's would like to fund. I'm not a VC though. Do they just rubber stamp whatever bullshit behavior from a CEO?

juancb 5y ago
On the other hand what would such a move get Radon? Amjad seemed to sense that maybe he was fishing for a job. Which to me it seems like he was especially being a new grad. The approach backfired and now he airs the interaction which gets Radon publicity. We only have one side of the story so it's hard to tell what exactly is going on here.
- jjeaff 5y ago
  Seems like Radon was just being friendly. The CEO had shared with Radon some progress and looks like he was just updating him on what he had been up to.
testudovictoria 5y ago
This isn't about what Replit can gain. It's about stifling this before it can ever become something more that a legal threat. Replit is banking on legal pressure to win this for them, because there's likely a nasty PR fallout on the other side of actual litigation.
acdha 5y ago
Once it becomes personal, don’t assume economic analysis will have any weight in the decision to continue suing. VCs give money but they’re not going to micromanage the company unless something becomes a major distraction. Given how much the VC model involves finding things to monetize, I would not expect strong pushback against a claim that they have IP to protect (that’s an asset which the VCs co-own & intend to monetize) and if they have a lawyer on retainer it might not even be much of an expense to pursue early on.
SSLy 5y ago
Your question about replit assumes the CEO behaves logically.