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IANAL but sounds like you're overthinking everything. Don't worry about being sued into oblivion. You have nothing yet worth being sued over. Focus on making so
by uptown 3y ago
IANAL but sounds like you're overthinking everything. Don't worry about being sued into oblivion. You have nothing yet worth being sued over. Focus on making something useful. If it is --- you'll have other problems before you have patent infringement problems.
- gtsteve 3y agoI too am not a lawyer. The current patent owners are Samsung and a Czech university [0], so I agree with this comment. It is always possible that rent seekers will appear but remember, a good parasite never kills its host, and at present you are unlikely to be worth the energy to attach to (no offence intended). [0] https://patents.google.com/patent/US10580193B2/en%29 https://patents.google.com/patent/US10580193B2/en%29
- JamesBarney 3y agoI am also not a lawyer, but the worst problems a startup can have are not ones that break your startup immediately. They are ones that break your project or startup after years of work.
- bhouston 3y ago> I am also not a lawyer, but the worst problems a startup can have are not ones that break your startup immediately. They are ones that break your project or startup after years of work. As someone who has been sued by non-practicing entities related to a patent, it doesn't break the company. They just want money and they make it affordable. They sue you immediately in order to start the negotiations and show their seriousness. Often their license fees are explicitly set to make it cheaper than fighting them in court specifically so that you won't challenge the patent's validity - so you can settle and move on. It is a tax and it can be unfair, but it won't kill your company. Honestly, can you share one example where a patent license fee killed a start-up company? I am not a lawyer.