Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product
by georgespencer on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:01AM
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Would be quite rare for a patent dispute to go on behind the scenes. There were a lot of leaks suggesting mass production was due to start. I would bet production did not start, and that early production runs had low yields due to the complexity of the product.
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Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product
by speedplane on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:04AM
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> Would be quite rare for a patent dispute to go on behind the scenes.
Actually the opposite. Most patent disputes are resolved behind the scenes, long before anyone sues each other.
Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product
by georgespencer on Saturday March 30, 2019 @05:11AM
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To my definition that makes it not a dispute! It's a commercial discussion with an agreement at the end of it.
Re:Apple Cancels AirPower Product
by speedplane on Monday April 01, 2019 @11:55PM
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>> Most patent disputes are resolved behind the scenes, long before anyone sues each other
> To my definition that makes it not a dispute! It's a commercial discussion with an agreement at the end of it.
Patent trolls send thousands of companies demands to pay royalties on a technology they never directly used. Fighting the troll costs hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars, but they are only asking for $50k. Most companies begrudgingly pay. To me, that's still a dispute.