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It has been. All sides have a pile of patents. All sides violate all the other sides’ patents. If anyone sues, everyone goes out of business. This is the sy
by hedora 2y ago
It has been. All sides have a pile of patents. All sides violate all the other sides’ patents. If anyone sues, everyone goes out of business.
This is the system working as currently intended. No matter what happens, the lawyers get will rich.
If a small company comes in and doesn’t pay the lawyers, it’ll get sued for violating the patents.
- yvdriess 2y agoYep, it's an area denial weapon. You basically cannot do anything worthwhile in this space without violating someone's patents. It's beneficial patent and corporate lawyers, but it's detrimental to innovation. As an engineer you are asked to not look up existing techniques or designs as this will taint you legally.
- kmeisthax 2y ago"Tainting" isn't a thing in patent law. All engineers worldwide are tainted the moment the patent is published; that's why parallel reinvention is not a defense to patent infringement.
- lhl 2y agoBut you pay triple damages if you knowingly vs unknowingly violate a patent (35 U.S.C. § 284). Of course, everything is patented, so, engineers are just told to not read patents.
- amelius 2y ago> If a small company comes in and doesn’t pay the lawyers, it’ll get sued for violating the patents. This assumes the small company isn't just in it for the patents.
- WithinReason 2y agoMutually assured destruction