mutantsushi on 21 May 2014
| Cleary397 said: I always wonder why it takes so many years for companies to bring up patent disputes. Surely they should have attempted to gain royalties when the Wii was drowning in money? |
"The fucking article" directly states that Phillips says they discussed the topic with Nintendo in 2011 but couldn't negotiate a solution.
More broadly, patent holders looking for licencing fees are better off waiting until a product is successfull and then demanding fees,
because at that point the product has been sold and can't be redesigned to avoid the patent, and besides the direct cost of fees,
threats of an import ban can be a major disruption to a company's product, which increases negotiating leverage over the fees.
Non-patent trolls actually selling products in the segment are less interested in fees, they usually prefer to prevent a competing product entirely.
