The trolls could still easily achieve jurisdiction through the stream of commerce (parts or computers traveling through the area), so it must not just be their moving stores out of the location but also their supply chain. It's sad that the Eastern District has become a patent troll hot bed, but if not them then another enterprising county. I'd love to see the properties the judges live on.
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Apple Ordered to Pay PanOptis $506 Million for Violating LTE Patents
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Samsung Invents Workaround to Apple's Pinch-to-Zoom Patent
Through our ongoing IP research, we discovered late last week that Samsung is once again in a race to deliver a workaround to Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent which has been a thorn in their side in their ongoing patent infringement case with Apple. ...
They may not be, but the threat that they COULD be, or having pending litigation, forces companies to bash their brain against a wall. That's even worse!!
Uh, what? $500M is half of the CEO's accumulated net worth right now. It's a massive amount. Apple only has $100B in cash reserves and pays out dividends to investors. You think if they just go around dropping off half-billion dollar chips in every bucket that they wouldn't be bankrupt by a year's end? Apple's spending doesn't work like your checking account. This is a ship that supports many, many objectives, risks, and livelihoods. The amount sought after is ludicrously high, and there is no amount of evidence anyone could show me to assert these judges are not being paid off for me to believe it.
Apple didn’t sue the company with the pear logo.
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Apple didn’t break any law.
No, that’s not how it works.
“As discussed in greater detail below, our analysis of the case law and statute reveal three general requirements relevant to the inquiry: (1) there must be a physical place in the district; (2) it must be a regular and established place of business; and (3) it must be the place of the defendant. If any statutory requirement is not satisfied, venue is improper under § 1400(b).” In re: Cray Inc., 871 F.3d 1355, 1361 (Fed.Cir. 2017)
Same thing for copyright. Sadly, it does not work that way cause our system is broken.
In the next 20-30 years, our broken system will copyright or patent the breathing and walking so mega corps can charge money from parents to feed the baby. /s
They won’t, because the market is worth way more than whatever the difference in litigation costs. It‘s not like Apple wouldn’t be sued, they’ll still be sued somewhere else. The only difference between a plaintiff-friendly district and a defendant-friendly district is loosing a few motions. Not a big financial difference at the end of the day.
Some districts have a statistically-significant much higher average jury award than others.
No, they can’t be patented either. What you’re saying is literally not a real problem
Samsung Invents Workaround to Apple's Pinch-to-Zoom Patent
Through our ongoing IP research, we discovered late last week that Samsung is once again in a race to deliver a workaround to Apple's pinch-to-zoom patent which has been a thorn in their side in their ongoing patent infringement case with Apple. ...www.patentlyapple.com
They may not be, but the threat that they COULD be, or having pending litigation, forces companies to bash their brain against a wall. That's even worse!!
Also, comapnies bashing their brains against a wall to design around patents is how we get some awesome innovation.
Citation needed. I’ve seen the stats, and they don’t support that at all. The advantage to EDTX is having judges that know patent law well, and being a bit more likely to win on some discovery motions. The final jury awards are not that different.
Next time learn about how bad that district is and why that’s where the trial took place, before posting nonsense like this again.
Think, more like know. International law won't be a real thing until one country dominates the rest one day.
Did you even bother to read up on what PanOptis is?
They don’t sell anything. They don’t make anything. They provide no valid useful services.
They exist solely to buy patents, then using them to sue. And that’s it. That’s their entire business model. Buy, sue. Buy, sue.
PanOptis are patent trolls and patent trolls are the scourge of the patent world.
They helped fund LTE. Inventors got paid by selling their patents to this "npe".
Boulderdash. PanOptis did no such thing.