I can’t believe I have to defend reddit for once.
What are the patents?
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.
Good question.
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.
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.
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.
Classic?
Classic.
That ‘article’ is garbage. The headline is more imformative than the actual article.
Nokia, of course, leaned into, ahem, patent licensing and networking equipment as its business…
Who puts "ahem, in an informational article?
Also how is “patent licensing” a part their new buisness. They submit patents for whatever they’re doing just like everyone else.
Difference is most companies just want to hold onto the patent to prevent competition
I hate patent trolls, but I will say “it couldn’t have happened to a nicer company”. I hope they both go broke on legal fees.
Genuine question: does Nokia have a bad history with patent trolling?
To me Nokia is just that old cell phone company that never quite made it even though they were iconic.
They’ve been bought and sold to the point that all that’s left is their patent portfolio. Their current business strategy appears to be “patent troll”. They’ve been holding industry telecommunications methods hostage instead of negotiating fair use fees.
Google “nokia lawsuit fair use”.
How does their current logo “remind” is about their focus on patent licensing and telecom…?
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…
Their logo is trash, but it’s still so much better than the damned “KNI” (KIA) logo I see all around town.
Wow, I did not know, they changed their logo. Yeah, not a fan…
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.
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.
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.
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?
Side with Reddit about what? We don’t even know what the lawsuit is about.
