drkohler on 21 March 2008
| BenKenobi88 said: In the case of patent trolls like this, I really do think the system is broken. I seriously doubt her technology patented was similar enough to the diodes used in HD players, and I'm confused why she waited until now to bring it up. |
The problem is that making anything sufficiently sophisticated nowadays, the way to get there is plastered with patents. There are certainly over 100 patents involved when making a blue laser diode, and who's to blame if the company that makes it does not discover every single patent? Happens all the time, even without the widely known "patent trolling". Her patents seem to be solid, so we can expect that the companies are going to settle out of court for a nondisclosed sum as quickly as possible.
