Looks like it. Not all patents are the same - sometimes a patent is erroneously granted for something that is not a novel invention. The judge and jury ruled that the patents involved in this case were in that category... and therefore invalid patents.
There is no hypocrisy in holding patents (presumably ones you believe are valid) while pointing out that some other patents are invalid. I don't understand how this could equate to hypocrisy in any scenario short of the patent holder declaring all patents except theirs must be invalid on the principle that all patents are bad.
> Don't they enforce them?
Feel free to prove me wrong, but I've never seen anything about Cloudflare going after people for patent violations. I believe they subscribe to the modern tech patent strategy of having a big patent portfolio that only really gets used as part of a counter-suit if someone sues them for patent infringement.
Additionally, I presume Cloudflare's patents are related to the tech they develop and sell, which is categorically and qualitatively different than a law firm that does literally nothing of value buying up old patents and suing everyone who has ever used a word that also is present in the patent.
Given that the usage, purpose, and means of obtaining a patent are different between cloudflare and the troll - I don't understand how a hypocrisy claim can be leveled here... it defies all reason and logic to do so.
Looks like it. Not all patents are the same - sometimes a patent is erroneously granted for something that is not a novel invention. The judge and jury ruled that the patents involved in this case were in that category... and therefore invalid patents.
There is no hypocrisy in holding patents (presumably ones you believe are valid) while pointing out that some other patents are invalid. I don't understand how this could equate to hypocrisy in any scenario short of the patent holder declaring all patents except theirs must be invalid on the principle that all patents are bad.
> Don't they enforce them?
Feel free to prove me wrong, but I've never seen anything about Cloudflare going after people for patent violations. I believe they subscribe to the modern tech patent strategy of having a big patent portfolio that only really gets used as part of a counter-suit if someone sues them for patent infringement.
Additionally, I presume Cloudflare's patents are related to the tech they develop and sell, which is categorically and qualitatively different than a law firm that does literally nothing of value buying up old patents and suing everyone who has ever used a word that also is present in the patent.
Given that the usage, purpose, and means of obtaining a patent are different between cloudflare and the troll - I don't understand how a hypocrisy claim can be leveled here... it defies all reason and logic to do so.