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I think "acting out of fear" is hyperbole for making a "logical business decision". It's not like these guys are strangers to the patent business (remember 1-C
by soup10 14y ago
I think "acting out of fear" is hyperbole for making a "logical business decision". It's not like these guys are strangers to the patent business (remember 1-Click?). One thing to remember about the little guy is, he doesn't have any money, so he's not worth going after.
My impression is that the scenario where 'big tech company/patent troll' sues 'unprofitable start-up' out of existence is pretty rare.
- lucidquiet 14y agoI tend to agree with the "logical business decision", but what this means (I'm just speculating really), is that when a business reaches profitability, or taps a growth market, then the potential profit vs legal costs will turn on. Which means that IV and Big Name companies can strong arm the up-start company to either join their patent trolling or turn over some percentage. For what amounts to flimsy and obvious software ideas/patents.
- luriel 14y ago> One thing to remember about the little guy is, he doesn't have any money, so he's not worth going after. But part of the point of being a little guy is that you have a chance to not always be a little guy, but with the patent cartel/racket around it becomes much harder to grow beyond being a little guy.