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Why won't IV answers questions about its relationship with Lodsys?

• moonlighter 15y ago
  "we want to build a portfolio just like those companies have, with licensing approaches broadly like they have ... I want to achieve what IBM has achieved [getting $1bn per year from licensing patents]." The difference between IV, Lodsys and IBM is that IBM isn't a patent troll and doesn't threaten small businesses with ludicrous IP lawsuits. If anything, they've donated patents in the past to open source projects to strengthen those against IP lawsuits.