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One problem with this is some of those members are potential patent trolls themselves. Witness the many Apple/Samsung/Google/Oracle cases. Although there is so
by SeanDav 14y ago
One problem with this is some of those members are potential patent trolls themselves. Witness the many Apple/Samsung/Google/Oracle cases.
Although there is some debate about the exact meaning of "patent troll", I would think that using the threat of litigation to prevent innovation falls under this.
- astrodust 14y agoApple, Samsung, Google and Oracle are all practicing entities. They're not trolls. What they're doing law-suit wise is a power-play, a tit-for-tat that's started to escalate into dangerous nuclear territory.
- zevyoura 14y agoMy understanding of the term 'patent troll' is that it only applies to companies that own but do not actually use their patents to bring things to market themselves. Thus, the companies you mention don't qualify. Not to say that what those companies do is all peaches and cream but it's not patent trolling.