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If you're suing IBM, maybe. But I don't see how the majority of patent trolls that seem to be suing small businesses for things like using a printer, scanner, f
by thewebcount 4y ago
If you're suing IBM, maybe. But I don't see how the majority of patent trolls that seem to be suing small businesses for things like using a printer, scanner, fax combo they bought at Office Depot is helping anyone out.
- yieldcrv 4y agoIts about identifying symptoms, not being an apologist okay so you’re living paycheck to paycheck and took the risk of filing your patent with the attorney for $10,000 and arguing with the patent office a couple times for another $10,000 now you need to monetize it and other people did the thing you described after you described it everyone on the internet says “hm you should have launched a startup using more capital and more risk, doing that one specific thing, otherwise you are just a troll!” yeah ok. convincing argument
- alistairSH 4y agoThe argument is that society would be better off the the inventor licensed (or sold outright) to a company that will actually use the patent. Instead of to a NPE that exists only to sue. If an inventor just wants to sit on a patent and not produce anything based on it, they should be forced to (eventually, though I have no idea what timeframe would be optimal) release their rights.
- yieldcrv 4y agoThat’s an ok argument but you know why that doesn’t happen right? Companies get defensive at the mere suggestion of paying anything, NPE streamlines the process