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pron on Feb 3, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oracle's Newest Audit Tactic: Focusing on Java

> you're less likely to be chased into ridiculous lawsuits.

Microsoft has sued/legally threatened companies over Android and extracted many billions of dollars from them:

* https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2015/11/01/microsoft...

* https://www.computerworld.com/article/2475440/android/micros...

gruez on Feb 3, 2019 [–]

AFAIK it’s not because of android, but because of fat32.

charleslmunger on Feb 3, 2019 | [–]

Patent extortion works by threatening the most applicable patents you have, then licensing your whole portfolio. If they didn't have fat32, do you really think they wouldn't have just used another patent to try and extract rents?

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