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Patent troll gets 3.2 cents per Cisco router after lawsuits against end users fail
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article published on 9 February, 2014
Infamous patent troll Innovatio IP Ventures has settled with Cisco over hundreds of million of routers used by the average retail business.
The trolls bought old Broadcom patents and last year sent 13,000 letters to chain hotels and even coffee shops, demanding up to $5000 in licensing fees for the use of Wi-Fi routers and other access points. None of the companies paid and Innovatio filed lawsuits.
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10. February 2014 @ 15:16 |
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What a load...half the time the courts refuse to uphold patents that are vital parts of international standards, half the time they uphold them. How is anyone expected to work within such an ambiguous system?
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10. February 2014 @ 17:32 |
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I would of sent them a turd in a box and told them not to spend it all in one place.
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10. February 2014 @ 18:09 |
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Originally posted by keebles:
I would of sent them a turd in a box and told them not to spend it all in one place.
my sentiments exactly.i wonder what would have happened had all these small businesses gotten together and told these trolls to blow them.
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10. February 2014 @ 22:08 |
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Originally posted by aldan:
Originally posted by keebles:
I would of sent them a turd in a box and told them not to spend it all in one place.
my sentiments exactly.i wonder what would have happened had all these small businesses gotten together and told these trolls to blow them.
Right. Good luck blaming/suing people who bought a product in good faith. They can't be blamed but they can be individually intimidated into hopefully shelling out... a-holes.
In Oz, for security reasons, certain Cisco equipment is compulsory for small businesses, gov or insurance I'm not sure.
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16. February 2014 @ 22:52 |
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These patent trolls should be put in prison.
As bad as cyber squatters if not worse!!!
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MagengarZ
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17. February 2014 @ 08:54 |
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I just bought my router, Used... as in, 2nd-hand... at a thrift store... there were two of the same name-brand routers on the shelf... I paid $3 dollars for one of them... it works... I'm going back to the thrift store today... to buy the second one for the same price.
I always buy aftermarket. That's how I support local family-owned businesses. lol
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18. February 2014 @ 00:31 |
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Originally posted by MagengarZ:
I just bought my router, Used... as in, 2nd-hand... at a thrift store... there were two of the same name-brand routers on the shelf... I paid $3 dollars for one of them... it works... I'm going back to the thrift store today... to buy the second one for the same price.
I always buy aftermarket. That's how I support local family-owned businesses. lol
I've got to warn you man... I know it might be hard to believe but modem/routers do wear out.
Its a lot easier being righteous than right.
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MagengarZ
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18. February 2014 @ 04:44 |
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Originally posted by Jemborg:
Originally posted by MagengarZ:
I just bought my router, Used... as in, 2nd-hand... at a thrift store... there were two of the same name-brand routers on the shelf... I paid $3 dollars for one of them... it works... I'm going back to the thrift store today... to buy the second one for the same price.
I always buy aftermarket. That's how I support local family-owned businesses. lol
I've got to warn you man... I know it might be hard to believe but modem/routers do wear out.
I know. I just wanted to use them for geeking around connecting my two desktops and a laptop; and also to see if some of the so-called "wifi signal boost" hacks I often read about online work. lol
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18. February 2014 @ 11:32 |
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Ah well, cheers then. Thought you might have been referring to a modem. Good luck.
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