[HN Gopher] Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically ...
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Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up
Author : Brajeshwar
Score : 246 points
Date : 2024-10-05 15:51 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| btown wrote:
| Discussion on the Cloudflare announcement:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41730415
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41730415
| xbar wrote:
| Sabre was a charming little Santa Clara network company, decades
| ago.
|
| But some incompetent entrepreneurs and a shabby LA law firm tried
| to win at a patent trolling. The outcome is hilarious only
| because I am not paying Cloudflare's lawyers.
| iwontberude wrote:
| Thanks for the context, not sure why people downvoting you.
| fortran77 wrote:
| Because it's "Sable" not "Sabre" (That's why I downvoted.)
| xbar wrote:
| I regret my typo, which remains.
| metafunctor wrote:
| Sabre or Sable?
| mmoustafa wrote:
| > "In the end, Sable agreed to pay Cloudflare $225,000, grant
| Cloudflare a royalty-free license to its entire patent portfolio,
| and to dedicate its patents to the public, ensuring that Sable
| can never again assert them against another company,"
|
| Holy cow, that's incredible. Cloudflare has single-handedly shut
| down one of the biggest tech patent trolls. I don't know how they
| possibly got Sable to agree to those terms, but kudos to
| Cloudflare counsel.
| CodeWriter23 wrote:
| Sable was on the hook for costs after losing. I imagine this
| settlement was a fraction of what they owed. If there is truly
| justice in this world, Sable principals will have to go out of
| pocket for tax liabilities and costs associated with shutting
| it down.
| neom wrote:
| My understanding is that it comes from the top, kudos to CF
| counsel for sure, but also Matthew Prince who has a storied
| career of fucking with bad actors. Thanks Matthew!
|
| https://www.irishtimes.com/business/cloudflare-s-matthew-pri...
| itcrowd wrote:
| Not sure whether I understood the following :
|
| If Sable dedicates their patents to the public, what does it
| mean for CF to be granted a "royalty-free license to its entire
| patent portfolio"?
| aeadio wrote:
| I imagine if later they try to renege on that public grant,
| CloudFlare is still shielded.
| throwaway48476 wrote:
| It likely cost CF millions in legal fees. It's not exactly a
| win in the fight against patent trolls.
| lolinder wrote:
| It's an expensive win, but how is it not a win? A troll is
| dead.
| otherme123 wrote:
| This is like hitting back a bully in highschool: you will
| probably lose the fight, and even ifyou win you'll get good
| bruises. But in the long term you win, because now everybody
| knows you will hit back.
| ender341341 wrote:
| Patent trolls are looking for easy money, this instance may
| have cost them a lot of money, but future patent trolls are
| much more likely to not go after them and go for the targets
| that just rolled over and payed sable.
|
| They also can claim a clear moral victory of doing the right
| thing and stopping sable from continuing to harass companies
| doing actual work.
| jongjong wrote:
| Maybe they had compromising info on their directors.
| rmbyrro wrote:
| Although this is a dupe of a ~1500pt previous discussion, I'd
| love to see these news on HN front page for several days. It's so
| delighting to read
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