Name: 【TED】德魯-柯蒂斯：我如何打敗專利巨魔（Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll）。 (【TED】Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll (Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T05:51:22.000Z
Duration: 6 min 41 s

Last January, my company, Fark.com, was sued

去年一月 我的公司 Fark.com 被人告了

一同被告的還有 雅虎, MSN, Reddit,

by a company called Gooseberry Natural Resources.

提告的是一家叫 Gooseberry Natural Resources 的公司

Now it may seem kind of strange that such a thing can actually be patented,

這也可以是專利 真的令人難以致信

and patent it for an emerging technology --

之所以會有這些關於專利權的糾紛

and as a result, most of these lawsuits end in settlements.

結果導致大部分的訴訟都以和解收場

And because these settlements are under a non-disclosure agreement,

And as a result, the patent troll can claim

In the case of Gooseberry Natural Resources,

在Gooseberry Natural Resources 的例子裏

and that was that in the mainstream media world

there is only one definition for news release,

and it turns out that is press release --

也就是公關學裏對新聞稿的定義

One of the major problems with patent law is that,

in the case that when you are sued by a patent troll,

the burden of proof that you did not infringe on the patent

that you do not infringe on the patent they're suing you on.

You need to know that the average patent troll defense

大家要知道 處理專利蟑螂控告的案件

就算你最後勝訴 這個司法過程共需要18個月

Now I had hoped to team up with some of these larger companies

but one-by-one they settled out of the case,

但是他們一個接一個地選擇和解

infringed on this patent -- not a one of them.

is because it's cheaper to settle than to fight the lawsuit --

clearly, two million dollars cheaper in some cases,

因為即使你贏了, 你也要付200萬美元的訴訟費

而如果官司輸了, 你就要賠更多的錢

It would also constitute a massive distraction for management of a company,

同時, 法律訴訟會嚴重打亂公司的管理節奏

especially a small eight-man shop like my company.

特別是我這種只由8人組成的小公司來說

we asked the patent troll to please provide

Now perhaps it's because no such screenshots actually existed,

或許是因爲這樣的截圖根本不存在

but suddenly Gooseberry wanted to settle.

"Ah, yes. My company's having a reorganization on our end."

“喔。 因爲我們公司内部正在重整，”

that the address led to a strip mall somewhere in Northern L.A.

這個公司位於洛杉磯北部的某購物中心

"And we'd like to go ahead and close this out.

“所以我們希望快快解決這個案件，展望未來，

So would you mind giving us your best and final offer?"

所以可不可以告訴我 你們願意付多少和解金呢?"

We didn't have high hopes for that outcome.

one of the reasons I can talk to you about this

我今天還能在這裡跟大家談這個案子

is because there's no non-disclosure agreement on this case.

Well during the settlement process, when we received our copy, I struck it.

這是因為 在我們收到和解書時候 我把它劃掉了

My attorney said, "Nah, no chance of that working."

我的律師說: “對方不大可能會同意啊。”

爲什麽會這樣？你可以打電話問他們

Now what did I learn from this case? Well, three things.

那麽我從這個案子學到了什麽？三件事

don't fight the patent, fight the infringement.

不要從專利上下手 要從專利侵害上下手

Infringement is a lot easier to disprove.

但專利侵害則比較容易提出反證

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