The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple

Post by erosenbe0 » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 1:53 AM UTC

tombert wrote: post #13

freedomben wrote: post #9

Every 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?

I've wondered that too. How can we realistically boycott the companies that abuse patents? I suppose I could stop using Apple products, but most current software jobs require some form of smartphone for authentication, so I need an iPhone or Android phone, thus supporting Google or Samsung or LG or one of the other big megacorps that abuse the American patent system. I feel like the only thing that could conceivably…

Post by ta2987 » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 1:55 AM UTC

ptero wrote: post #6

The 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.

Post by thret » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 2:08 AM UTC

Black101 wrote: post #20

if "patent trolls" would only go against monopolies, I would be fine with it...

Post by tschwimmer » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 2:19 AM UTC

freedomben wrote: post #9

Every 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?

Post by Black101 » Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 2:29 AM UTC

thret wrote: post #25

Black101 wrote: post #20

if "patent trolls" would only go against monopolies, I would be fine with it...

I doubt they are using the money any more altruistically than Apple would.