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Simple solution, the law should be: A) only companies using patents directly can sue B) the maximum damages that can be awarded are 2x revenue related to the
by andy_ppp 13y ago
Simple solution, the law should be:
A) only companies using patents directly can sue
B) the maximum damages that can be awarded are 2x revenue related to the patents
This means that companies actually using patents and making a business out of them can benefit and stops patent trolls.
Am I crazy?
- rednukleus 13y agoWhat about patents that come out of universities? How do you determine the "revenue related to the patents"?
- salient 13y agoUniversities have patents for the purpose of selling them, no? If a company is making something and wants to use it, then they buy the patent. No different from today in that case. The only difference is that trolls can't buy the same patents in order to sue others, like IV, Rockstar, and others are doing.
- andy_ppp 13y agoWhen has a university ever sued someone? Patents generally end up being bought by companies using them... Unless shenanigans are at play.
- maxerickson 13y agohttp://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/university_of_wisconsin_settle.html http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/univers... (My impression is that UW is fairly extreme in this regard)
- eatfish 13y agoHere's the first result from Google: http://www.cmu.edu/patent-lawsuit/ http://www.cmu.edu/patent-lawsuit/ CMU vs Marvell. Here's an article from Stanford law school: 'Are universities the new patent trolls?' http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=980776 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=980776 Universities often (and unfairly IMHO) claim rights on graduate research precisely to monetize and act as patent gatekeepers.