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Somewhat interesting not to see Apple on there. Then again, Apple's IP portfolio is probably larger than all the cosigners combined, and they may not want to en
by eykanal 14y ago
Somewhat interesting not to see Apple on there. Then again, Apple's IP portfolio is probably larger than all the cosigners combined, and they may not want to encourage legislation leading to that all being invalidated.
- BrandonM 14y agoApple is one of the bigger patent trolls, as far as tech companies go, right now.
- larrydavid 14y ago'Patent troll' doesn't mean what you think it means.
- YokoZar 14y agoApple does at least build things, but it still has hundreds of bogus patents that it uses offensively to retard innovation. Perhaps we need a new derisive word to cover that behavior.
- devcpp 14y agoActually, it's all about slowing innovation, so it can very well be used as "enforcing bogus patents": Apple is famous for recently suing competition over abstract ideas. They don't even try to hide that fact.
- netcan 14y agoStill, its useful keeping "patent troll" separate to describe a particular type of company. The own patents (mostly acquired from dead companies), don't make anything and live off squeezing other companies. Most trollish in that they live off extorting "license fees" with the threat of legal action, rather than actually winning lawsuits. They are structured in ways that makes them unafraid of lawsuits and use that to intimidate companies that are.
- malachismith 14y agoPatent Trolling is just another means to the same end.