I can’t believe I have to defend reddit for once.

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      It’s not mentioned in the filing, so we can only speculate.

      …on March 18, 2024, Nokia Technologies sent us a letter indicating they believed that Reddit infringes certain of their patents. We will evaluate their claims.

      That’s all we’ve got to go on.

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      Can’t seem to find that anywhere, but there’s a totally organic and not at all sus post on Reddit calling Nokia patent trolls.

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      Nokia has a patent on making things out of bricks, and the CEO of Reddit has a brick for a head. Case closed if you ask me.

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    This “article,” if you can call it that, might as well have just been a tweet. There is 0 other relevant information like what the patents actually are.

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      It basically is a tweet. It’s a quick post, which is designed for The Verge writers to write a quick thought or link to a story using a website they control instead of posting it on Elon’s website.

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        Right but then why would I bother going to the verge anymore, when they link to a pay walled website? Why not go directly to that website? I am by no means advocating Twitter, but a tweet makes sense because it might reach an audience it normally wouldn’t.

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    These comments are kind of silly. There are 0 details about the patient claim, but a bunch of people are picking sides based on how they feel about a brand name. Classic Lemmy.

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    How does their current logo “remind” is about their focus on patent licensing and telecom…?

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      Seems like they switched to this logo:

      It does kind of feel like the logo of a consultancy/legal/finance group to me. But I could also imagine this looking decent when embossed onto a phone…

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        Their logo is trash, but it’s still so much better than the damned “KNI” (KIA) logo I see all around town.

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    I can’t believe I have to defend reddit for once.

    I’m not rushing to pick a side until someone posts the actual patient claim. Both of these parties suck, and I’m not giving anyone the benefit of the doubt.

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    Both sides suck here but I have to side with Reddit over patent trolls. Nokia, what a disgrace you are these days if you have to resort to patent trolling. You used to be cool. That said, if this hurts Reddit’s IPO then I’ll be happy anyways.

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      Enforcing a patent is not necessarily patent trolling. Is Nokia’s sole purpose to collect patent for things they have no intention or capability to create and sell? That’s the definition of a patent troll. Nokia doesn’t exist solely to collect patents and make their revenue by suing actual business.

      We got people out here mad at shit they don’t even understand…

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        If you’re enforcing a patent that would have been come up with other people in the same field, then the patent is invalid, many of us would consider going after people with an invalid patent – patent trolling.

        Patents are meant for UNIQUE ideas and things that nobody else would have come up with on their own. But increasingly they’re being used for obvious ideas that thousands of other people also have around the same time, to lock out competition.

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      There’s a difference between patent trolling and protecting their patents.

      Provided Nokia just won a case, it’s extremely doubtful they would fall into the “troll” catagory.

      Why do you think they’ve become a disgrace?