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It seems like a good idea for a big tech company to invest in this thing to hedge against patent suit risks. It's still probably a net loss for them, but probab
by jamesaguilar 15y ago
It seems like a good idea for a big tech company to invest in this thing to hedge against patent suit risks. It's still probably a net loss for them, but probably less so than if they didn't hedge. The real people left footing the bill are whoever is funding the courts.
- rdl 15y agoThe other people left footing the bill are all the inventions which don't get invented (inventors and end users), startups which need to raise extra VC or avoid being put out of business, etc. The external costs of this is why the system itself should be changed.