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Yeah, I was reading through the complaint, started looking through the patents, and unless I'm missing something, this seems more patent-trolly than any sort of
by bena 4y ago
Yeah, I was reading through the complaint, started looking through the patents, and unless I'm missing something, this seems more patent-trolly than any sort of legitimate complaint.
The complaint itself makes Voxer seem a little red-flaggy itself. Why Voxer created the application is immaterial to whether or not Meta infringed on their patents. The fact they won "Best New App 2013" from "Random bullshit SV award mill" is also immaterial. The "Silicon Valley Business App Awards" themselves call themselves an advertising company. It's an award you buy to say you won an award.
And from the patents I've looked over, it seems they're trying to patent the overall concept of chunking the data. Is that right? Am I missing something? I've seen nothing specific. No implementation.
- convolvatron 4y agodon't..blame the player? I agree this is not constructive, hinders progress, and just invites this kind of decadent courtroom posturing. but thats the game that is playing, right? I have some of these nonsense patents myself. I sort of had to go along as a condition of my employment
- bena 4y agoIf they held the patent defensively, that would be one thing. But this is not that. They are suing Meta for damages. That doesn't happen unless Voxer brings it to court. It's not like Voxer wrote the patents, sold them off, then is getting money because TrollCo is suing Meta for infringement of those patents. No, Voxer is suing. We can completely blame them if they are suing based on shit patents.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y agoI'm conflicted here. I hate both patent trolls and Meta. Not sure who to root for.
- Spivak 4y agoAgainst Meta in general, against patent trolls in this case?
- bena 4y agoThat's the rub, ain't it? But at the end of the day, the actions matter more than the players.
- int_19h 4y agoRoot for Meta winning on appeal eventually - because we don't want this kind of precedent to stick - but wasting a lot of time and money in the process?