Re:Ask HN: where do you draw the patent research line?
by pclark on Monday May 18, 2009 @06:59AM
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From the protection side, imho, if you have to rely on patents to protect your business, you're probably doing it wrong.
Sucks to be ARM/Qualcomm/Broadcom/$ChipFirm right now.
Re:Ask HN: where do you draw the patent research line?
by swombat on Monday May 18, 2009 @08:51AM
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I should have said, "If you have to rely on patents to protect your start-up, you're doing it wrong" (valid for 99% of start-ups).
Re:Ask HN: where do you draw the patent research line?
by cjg on Monday May 18, 2009 @08:47AM
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Not quite sure why you lump ARM in with Qualcomm and Broadcom. I would think it would be great to be ARM right now with more than 10 billion ARM processors on the planet.
Re:Ask HN: where do you draw the patent research line?
by pclark on Monday May 18, 2009 @09:59AM
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was just the first "big" hardware name that came to mind. (they're in my city)
Re:Ask HN: where do you draw the patent research line?
by stevejalim on Monday May 18, 2009 @06:47AM
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I get what you're saying, yeah. I'm not looking to protect my stuff via a patent (would rather just have a chunky customer base and be done with it), but wouldn't want to be blocked by someone else with a nitpicky patent about, say, videoconferencing or the like
If people sue you for infringement of an obscure patent, they'll only do it if they think you're successful enough to be worth suing. Even then, you win (as in, you've managed to build a successful product).
From the protection side, imho, if you have to rely on patents to protect your business, you're probably doing it wrong.