EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoAnother “patent troll” defeated by Cloudflare and its army of bounty seekersarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down12
arrow-up1353arrow-down1external-linkAnother “patent troll” defeated by Cloudflare and its army of bounty seekersarstechnica.comEinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up140arrow-down1·9 months agoPatent trolls rank right up there with private equity firms that own massive amounts of housing. Scum of the earth right here.
minus-squaregullible@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up66arrow-down4·9 months agoIf they exclusively targeted larger companies, they’d be fine with me. Generally, the way they operate is to first strike smaller, more vulnerable companies to build their case before suing a larger one. Patent reform can’t come soon enough.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·9 months agoThe fear of being targeted by a patent troll makes both small and large companies afraid to innovate.
minus-squareFisch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoPatent and copyright law both need major reforms
Patent trolls rank right up there with private equity firms that own massive amounts of housing. Scum of the earth right here.
If they exclusively targeted larger companies, they’d be fine with me. Generally, the way they operate is to first strike smaller, more vulnerable companies to build their case before suing a larger one. Patent reform can’t come soon enough.
The fear of being targeted by a patent troll makes both small and large companies afraid to innovate.
Patent and copyright law both need major reforms