The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
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The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
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Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#2The irony is delicious.
Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#3A parasite resulting from society's outdated patent laws, with a simple fix.
1. Only make practicing entities eligible for IP damages.
2. Reduce the duration of all patents by 50%.
Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#4Good.
I hope these kind of lawsuits put an end this terrible patent system
And I hope the software copywriting goes on the same way
Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#5A parasite resulting from society's outdated patent laws, with a simple fix. 1. Only make practicing entities eligible for IP damages. 2. Reduce the duration of all patents by 50%.
You should read the article. The patents are from 1981 (and to a lesser extent 1995). It explains how they get around the typical patent limitations which are usually not more than 20 years.
Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#6The patent system, at least in the US, is broken and supports many actions, like patent trolling, that only benefit such vermin.
Rather than trying to make life harder for such trolls we should focus on fixing the patent system. My 2c.
Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#7A parasite resulting from society's outdated patent laws, with a simple fix. 1. Only make practicing entities eligible for IP damages. 2. Reduce the duration of all patents by 50%.
You should read the article. The patents are from 1981 (and to a lesser extent 1995). It explains how they get around the typical patent limitations which are usually not more than 20 years.
The solution is the same. Submarine patents shouldn't exist.
Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
You should read the article. The patents are from 1981 (and to a lesser extent 1995). It explains how they get around the typical patent limitations which are usually not more than 20 years.
The solution is the same. Submarine patents shouldn't exist.
I agree, but they stopped making them 25 years ago. This company is taking advantage of legacy laws. You couldn't replicate this business model today because it's already been outlawed.
Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#9Every so often a patent troll story comes up on HN, and people like me bitch about how broken the system is and get group therapy from shouting into the wind on a web forum.
What can we actually do. How do we start fixing this problem?
Re: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple
#10Tax farming did for royalty in France. I wonder if patent farming can do anything similar for society.