https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-fights-back-we-wont-get-patent-trolled-again/
Open source fights back: ‘We won’t get patent-trolled again’
- Businesses using open-source projects like Kubernetes are being targeted more often by patent trolls. Now the open source community is launching a counter-offensive and looking for volunteers.
Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor
Nov. 14, 2024 at 12:41 p.m. PT
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Edge Networking is a patent troll. This means it buys up patents — not to use them but to extort money from anyone who might want to use the patent. Let’s say you’ve posted a job listing for a Kubernetes engineer. An Edge bot will spot this, assume you must be using Kubernetes, and then slap you with a cease-and-desist note claiming you’re violating its Kubernetes patent and you must pay them a licensing fee. Welcome to the wild, wonderful world of 21st-century patent trolls!
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So, here we have the root of the problem — the USPTO. And, vultures use the USPTO flaw to extract wealth from the finances of companies.
Too expensive to fight so they just fold and pay,
Seems like the Gooferment needs to rebalance the scales of justice in this case.
When the USPTO invalidates a patent, it should charge the patent holder a fee for the wasted effort.
If the patent troll has several patents invalidated, the Federal District Attorney should review the facts for an abuse of process claim.
It’s only fair.
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