▲ 124 ▼ Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up • The Register (www.theregister.com) submitted 2 years ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/tech@programming.dev 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] _bcron_@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jedibob5@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (2 children) "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," said Terrell and Nemeroff. Sounds like Sable has already been destroyed so thoroughly there wouldn't be anything left to sue. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] _bcron_@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Yeah except: Five other companies that we know of sued by Sable – Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point, SonicWall, and Juniper Networks – settled out of court. Then they are forced to pay out $225k and are "destroyed?" I don't think so. Sounds to me like the fucks behind this are taking their money and running, lest somebody sue the dogshit out of them like they deserve. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jedibob5@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (2 children) "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," said Terrell and Nemeroff. Sounds like Sable has already been destroyed so thoroughly there wouldn't be anything left to sue. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] _bcron_@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Yeah except: Five other companies that we know of sued by Sable – Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point, SonicWall, and Juniper Networks – settled out of court. Then they are forced to pay out $225k and are "destroyed?" I don't think so. Sounds to me like the fucks behind this are taking their money and running, lest somebody sue the dogshit out of them like they deserve. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago Yeah except: Five other companies that we know of sued by Sable – Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point, SonicWall, and Juniper Networks – settled out of court. Then they are forced to pay out $225k and are "destroyed?" I don't think so. Sounds to me like the fucks behind this are taking their money and running, lest somebody sue the dogshit out of them like they deserve. permalink fedilink source parent