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Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product by lrem on Monday April 22, 2019 @04:02PM (#19722314)
> Also, love them or hate them, having patents helps in situations like these.

Does it though? There is no global patent authority. If the ripoff is not for the US market, only a patent for their market will help. Which might be impossible to get in the first place.

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Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product by avip on Monday April 22, 2019 @04:21PM (#19722537)
Addressing this case, for an Israeli company, infringing a US patent implies death. First, there's no "Israel market", US is the market. Second, there goes any chance of future funding. Last, a company s.a otonomo has one way out - acquisition. Say goodbye to that too.
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