kramerdj

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   by kramerdj 7y ago

   We don't plan to do so. I'm not immediately familiar with the case, you cite but it was our understanding from counsel that was a very unlikely outcome for us, which isn't surprising as attorneys fees are VERY difficult to re
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   by kramerdj 7y ago

   This was our attempt at contributing to a solution, not sure it solves the whole problem. Patents do serve a purpose, so you don't want to throw out the baby, it's as much an easily-abusable litigation system. Enough random behavi
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   by kramerdj 7y ago

   Big players see their share of cases as well, if not more. Settling or licensing the technology will generally be cheaper in the short term than litigating the case.
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   by kramerdj 7y ago

   As we described a bit in a previous post at the end of the litigation -- https://blog.cloudflare.com/winning-the-blackbird-battle/ -- in addition to the money we paid for the crowdsourced bounty, we also had to pay con
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   by kramerdj 7y ago

   Hey everyone, Doug Kramer, Cloudflare GC, here. Happy to answer any questions as we close out this chapter.