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If you had gotten the patent, would you have had the $500,000 to take your competitor to court? (The only upside of victory being that they would no longer mak
by noonespecial 13y ago
If you had gotten the patent, would you have had the
$500,000 to take your competitor to court? (The only upside of victory being that they would no longer make the clone?)
Patents don't keep competitors from stealing your work, they just give you access to a (expensive) right to sue them to get them to stop.
- jacques_chester 13y agoTo sue? Maybe, maybe not. There are companies who finance patent lawsuits. To negotiate a settlement? Ahhhh, now we're talking. It's the flipside of patent trolling.
- robomartin 13y agoYes. Your observation is on point. A patent guarantees nothing. You have to have the financial means to enforce them, which is it's own can of worms.