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Yes? What company makes money without providing goods or services to someone?
by endisneigh 3y ago
Yes? What company makes money without providing goods or services to someone?
- ceejayoz 3y agoComcast?
- endisneigh 3y agoComcast provides plenty of services?
- capableweb 3y agoPatent trolling. Domain flipping. Just two I can think of in 30 seconds, I'm sure there are more out there :)
- endisneigh 3y agoBoth provide services.
- capableweb 3y agoOk, lets hear you argue for what service a patent troll provides.
- endisneigh 3y agoThey provide a license to said patent? Pretty obvious - this is not to say that patent trolls are good, though.
- capableweb 3y agoIf you're licensing a patent to others with reasonable terms, it's not a patent troll. I understand you think they provide a service since you seem to not understand what a patent troll is. As a reminder, a patent troll company is a company "that attempts to enforce patent rights against accused infringers far beyond the patent's actual value or contribution to the prior art" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll) They don't sell any services, don't do any (reasonable) licensing, nor provide any goods.
- endisneigh 3y agoPatent trolling is not a company category, rather a behavior of a company. Furthermore patents themselves are goods that can be licensed, so my point stands. Not to mention “trolling” is already passing judgement on the activity to begin with. The actual service is licensing. I’ll leave it to the courts to determine whether enforcement of patents qualifies as trolling or not.
- capableweb 3y ago> Patent trolling is not a company category Oh I'm sorry. I meant to say "Patent Trolling Companies", is it easier to understand now? I'm sure you are aware that there actually is a category of companies that just participate in "patent trolling", and do nothing else. Not sure why you're being so pedantic about the grammar instead of trying to reply to the actual arguments...
- robertlagrant 3y agoSeems like if you've only come up with patent trolls, then "plenty of companies" doesn't apply. Patent trolls weaponise the legal system against other companies. They exist because the government can't make a good enough patent system. They don't seem to be significant enough to the overall general statement that companies exist to serve their customers with goods and/or services.
- andsoitis 3y ago> Patent trolling. Domain flipping. Just two I can think of in 30 seconds, I'm sure there are more out there :) In the vast sea of companies, those are a super teeny tiny share of companies.