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Arguably this, and similar cases, is what motivated Microsoft to become an aggressive patent filer. I know that at various times in my tenure there (99–13) that
by pacaro 3y ago
Arguably this, and similar cases, is what motivated Microsoft to become an aggressive patent filer. I know that at various times in my tenure there (99–13) that I was on teams where patent filing was encouraged
- michaelcampbell 3y ago> I was on teams where patent filing was encouraged Cisco did/does the same.
- riemannzeta 3y agoA similar story could be told about Steve Jobs and Apple. Anecdotally at least, Steve hired the patent litigators (who had represented Apple in a patent infringement lawsuit with Taiwanese MP3 maker Creative Technologies over the iPod) to patent the iPhone. But that was more targeted than the spray and pray approach.