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Holy cow that’s at least a billion in lawyer salaries.
by lulznews 3y ago
Holy cow that’s at least a billion in lawyer salaries.
- threeseed 3y agoI also count at least 8 acquisitions just for Vision Pro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio... So definitely a lot of lawyers.
- badrequest 3y agoEven if they use in-house counsel? I would assume having salaried lawyers lowers the cost of registering that many patents at least a little, but I suppose it could also end up still being $1B.
- gnicholas 3y agoIf you divide a billion dollars by 5,000 patents, that would have to be $200k per patent. Some might have cost that much, with extensive back and forth via outside counsel. But many would be closer to $10-20k, via in-house counsel.