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At $600m and most the way to being expired, I don’t think it makes economic sense to only target small players. A patent troll could also find novel ways in whi
by harles 5y ago
At $600m and most the way to being expired, I don’t think it makes economic sense to only target small players. A patent troll could also find novel ways in which a court might view these patents as applicable that Google and Apple missed.
- culturestate 5y ago> A patent troll could also find novel ways in which a court might view these patents as applicable that Google and Apple missed. BlackBerry has been licensing these patents for years; all of the usual suspects have already either agreed to terms or been sued by this point.
- bastardoperator 5y agoMaybe the patent trolls got played?
- culturestate 5y agoWell, the new owners will continue collecting the same royalties that BlackBerry was getting until the patents expire; I'm not sure how much it is for this specific pool, but probably up to a few tens of millions of dollars per year. On top of that, they can always leverage the IP against smaller existing players or new entrants and use it to bump up rates for the rest of their portfolio.
- dmix 5y agoThere's always room for financial and legal engineering. I mean that's what a big chunk of Wall St does for a living.