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That really is not a lot tbh
by jbverschoor 3y ago
That really is not a lot tbh
- ISL 3y agoBoth sides may have spent a substantial fraction of that in attorneys' fees.
- sva_ 3y ago$2.30 per device.
- amelius 3y agoThey can make it more if they tell Google to either recall all their patent-infringing devices, or pay them more for a license. Patents allow you to do that. A patent is a temporary monopoly on a technology, after all.
- frankfrankfrank 3y agoIt’s not as temporary as one would believe and was intended, especially in today’s environment where for all practical purposes it is irrelevant when a patent runs out when the technology itself is obsolete long before the patent even gets close to expiring, if it’s not effectively extended by several methods. Patent duration today should maybe be measured in a function of the value it has produced measured in something relatively fixed like gold. It would be relative to the impact and would also throttle regulatory and market capture and wealth imbalances. The current parent duration based on the celestial orbits around the closest star is dumb and blunt. My proposal would accelerate technology dissemination and prevent many of the overburden issues.
- kramerger 3y agoGoogle removed this from their software many years ago. They eventually cancelled chromecast audio altogether, probably at least partly due to this.
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- mastax 3y agoThey'd still have to pay a patent license after paying the damages. Edit: though it says they're trying to work around the patents left in the case, so perhaps not.
- jbverschoor 3y agoAhh ok, but it the 32m would be past license fees and damages, right?