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Sweet- so Apple can join this and infringe on anyone's patents and get their legal bills paid for? Seriously though, it would have to have some clear definitio
by randomfool 13y ago
Sweet- so Apple can join this and infringe on anyone's patents and get their legal bills paid for?
Seriously though, it would have to have some clear definition of patent troll.
It would be interesting to have some sort of insurance- say $5million to be spent in case of patent lawsuit. Make a clear public statement- we will never settle and WILL spend $5m in case of a lawsuit. Would make it very counter-productive for small-time trolls.
This is essentially what NewEgg did and it makes sense.
- javajosh 13y agoYou are right. Luckily there is a fairly well known, small list of patent trolls (the people mind you, not the meaningless shell companies) that could be simply enumerated, with the charter of the cooperative allowing additions (but never removals). I mean, I'd pay $20/mo for Lodsys protection alone.
- AnthonyMouse 13y ago>Sweet- so Apple can join this and infringe on anyone's patents and get their legal bills paid for? Presumably it would cover litigation costs but not liabilities. So if you lose at the end, you still lose and have to pay damages out of your own pocket. >Seriously though, it would have to have some clear definition of patent troll. Not necessarily. You might not classify the likes of IBM as a "patent troll" under some definitions, but having some sort of litigation expenses insurance when they come knocking would certainly be welcome. Why not avoid the hair splitting exercises and just have the insurance kick in whenever someone makes a patent infringement claim against you?