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Consider: Microsoft has been in business for 3 decades and 2 of them have been spent fighting IP lawyers. They're much more likely to know their way around soft
by cellis 17y ago
Consider: Microsoft has been in business for 3 decades and 2 of them have been spent fighting IP lawyers. They're much more likely to know their way around software/IP law than anyone else. I'm not arguing much against your statement of a legal deluge on behalf of the defendents: I agree with that. However, these guys just won 500 million dollars -- surely Microsoft tried the same tactics that these new defendants are going to employ. I hope they work this time.
- ErrantX 17y agoThat makes sense: the thing that works in their favour though is the sheer number of huge companies who can bring their clout to this. They will collaborate to tie the proceedings up in decades of endless litigation. But more importantly think of the political clout of these companies.