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Re:Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial by DistractionRect on Monday February 12, 2024 @12:12PM (#39347438)
It probably wouldn't have been cheaper. The settlement would likely look like a fixed fee for previous use + yearly fee for X years before renegotiation, renegotiated y times before the patent expired.

It's likely that over the lifetime of the patent, the total cost would have been more than the cost to fight it, and as the a sibling pointed out, settling begets more suits + settlements. It adds up fast.

This isn't Cloudflare being "good," it's in their best interest to fight frivolous suits.

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Re:Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial by gkiely on Monday February 12, 2024 @12:46PM (#39347893)
Why did none of the other companies listed in the article fight it, if this is the case?
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Re:Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial by nightpool on Monday February 12, 2024 @01:19PM (#39348330)
Maybe Sable saw Cloudflare as a juicier target, since the other companies listed are all hardware manufactures and don't operate a large consumer business like Cloudflare (leading to very, very different usage numbers). Or maybe Cloudflare thought that they had a better chance at trial against hardware patents, since they don't make router hardware themselves.
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