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Keep in mind it's the big companies here that set out these mines: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8019332B2/en application filed by LG Electronics Inc
by nightcracker 5y ago
Keep in mind it's the big companies here that set out these mines:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8019332B2/en application filed by LG Electronics Inc
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8385284B2/en application filed by Panasonic Corp
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8411557B2/en application filed by Panasonic Corp
https://patents.google.com/patent/US9001774B2/en application filed by Samsung Electronics Co
How a patent troll ended up with them, I don't know. But you can bet the only reason none of these big corps didn't use them against Apple or other big corporations is mutually assured destruction. They would not hesitate against a small company that's perceived as threatening which doesn't have a patent arsenal to fight back.
- josefx 5y agoCould it be some kind of proxy warfare? Others mentioned agreements that require companies working on a standard to license their patents, so it would make sense to move them to a "patent troll" company that isn't bound by these agreements and can go after the competition without fear for reprisal.