Do Patents On Your Website Make You Liable For False Marking?

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 06/10/2009 - 21:09

One of the things that tends to keep patent lawsuits in check between two larger competing companies is the "patent nuclear war" scenario -- which is that if one company sues the other for patent infringement, the latter company often can hit back with an equal number of infringement charges.

Thus, the incentives are for companies to stockpile lots of patents, but not necessarily use them... though it does happen occasionally.

While this may be seen as a...

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