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Re:ESP32/ESP8266 Wi-Fi Attacks by joezydeco on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @01:35PM (#20868953)
"avoiding patent infringement lawsuits via opacity"
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Re:ESP32/ESP8266 Wi-Fi Attacks by wysifnwyg on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @03:34PM (#20870278)
Has there been any successful patent infringement lawsuits over the last three years that targets a Chinese company that has infringed upon a US company? Isn't that part of the issue in the current trade deal talks with China?
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Re:ESP32/ESP8266 Wi-Fi Attacks by CDSlice on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:08PM (#20871204)
Not a US company being infringed, but Lego has gotten a Chinese court to order Lepin to stop making imitations of Lego products. [1] Since arrests have been made over Lepin not complying [2], it seems like the ruling has teeth.

[1] https://www.brothers-brick.com/2018/11/05/lepin-ordered-to-s...

[2] https://www.brothers-brick.com/2019/04/28/arrests-made-in-le...

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Re:ESP32/ESP8266 Wi-Fi Attacks by monocasa on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @08:37PM (#20872860)
Doesn't look like they've actually stopped.

https://lepinworld.com/

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Re:ESP32/ESP8266 Wi-Fi Attacks by jbarham on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @12:21AM (#20873973)
Several years ago Scottish chip company FTDI took matters into their own hands by releasing a driver that would brick counterfeits of their USB to serial converter chip: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy
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