Patent Infringement Lawsuits

The cluster focuses on discussions of patent infringement lawsuits in tech, including potential settlements, patent trolls, willful infringement, and outcomes like licensing or prolonged litigation.

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sjg007 Jan 19, 2016 View on HN

Why did they not file a patent infringement lawsuit?

rnd0 Sep 14, 2023 View on HN

What's the chances of Unity blowing them out of the water with lawsuits (patents, whatever)?

memmcgee May 13, 2017 View on HN

Probably not. It's unlikely either party will want this to go to trial so it'll probably end in a settlement where the company buys a license on top of damages.

gosub100 Mar 7, 2024 View on HN

It'll be some epic lawsuit like google-v-samsung that will get drawn out for a decade, awarded, and reduced, appealed, etc. where the only winners will be both party's lawyers.

shmoe Jun 10, 2024 View on HN

If only they hadn't fought the patent troll, and were denied the ability to bring a new suit when they lost.

dekhn Oct 19, 2016 View on HN

Just license the tech from both and ask for your money back after the case settles.

esens Jun 22, 2021 View on HN

It is also public if you google for it now.Interesting fact. These lawyers won a case against the guys who are suing you: https://sabety.net/2020/01/patent-troll/Maybe worth engaging with them?

argonaut Jul 25, 2016 View on HN

Wrong issue. That's for patent lawsuits.

empyrrhicist Dec 28, 2022 View on HN

There was a patent infringement case which I have heard blamed for it.

jballanc Apr 4, 2012 View on HN

I don't think they were expecting to win in court. For the number of patent suits that are brought, the number that are seen through to a judgment is really quite small. I can't find the link at the moment, but there was a story that Yahoo did essentially the same thing to Google before their IPO. The suit was dropped in exchange for Yahoo getting some of Google's pre-IPO stock. I'd guess the same thing is going on here. The suit/counter-suit is likely nothing more than a trumped up "we want som