[freejazz]

>By the way, VLSI is the remains of a real technology company that went out of business... because its IP was blatantly copied. They had no choice but to sell out to a patent troll.

Ding ding ding - people don't seem to understand how the business model actually works... real inventors have to sell out, because unless they sell their stake in a litigation to a financier, they outright cannot afford to litigate an infringement case against one of the big companies that infringed their products and then refused to license

[marcus_holmes]

This. A patent is a ticket to a court battle. If you can't afford the court battle then the patent is worthless.

All this talk of "small, inventor-led businesses" is bullcrap because no small business can afford to enforce a patent.