News Patent hoarder sues Micron for up to $480 million for infringement — South Korean firm Mimir IP acquired the patents from SK hynix in May

[Admin]

Mimir IP acquired around 1,500 patents from SK hynix just last month, and has now sued Micron and its partners for patent infringement in a seeming proxy battle. Such tactics are becoming increasingly common in the semiconductor industry.

Patent hoarder sues Micron for up to $480 million for infringement — South Korean firm Mimir IP acquired the patents from SK hynix in May : Read more

 

[gg83]

How can patent trolls help spur innovation?

 

[mac_angel]

How can patent trolls help spur innovation?

I'm guessing by forcing other companies to "build a better mousetrap".

 

[Notton]

A key misconception is that innovation has a correlation to profits.
Despite what we've been told for decades, that's not true.
The very proof is that vulture venture capital and patent trolls exist in the first place.

The only reason we innovate is because of demand.

 

[brandonjclark]

Is this the thread where people argue that patent trolls aren't cool, even though they're following the law?

Do these same people defend busting people who COPY digital information, which is also copyrighted?