GitHub is my copilot

Posted Jul 19, 2021 9:22 UTC (Mon) by anselm (subscriber, #2796)
In reply to: GitHub is my copilot by sandsmark
Parent article: GitHub is my copilot

So one free advice for patent trolls: don't send your "kind" snail mail letters to huge American companies before tiny Norwegian startups. You might get crushed before the letter reaches Norway.

The usual strategy if you're a patent troll is to go after some small companies first, because they can't afford a protracted legal battle and are likely to cave or settle quickly. You won't get a lot of money out of them but these wins give you street cred to go after the bigger fish later.

Perhaps in your case the patent troll didn't realise that snail mail from the US (I presume) to Norway takes a while to arrive, and assumed the business with you would be done and dusted before they'd call out Amazon? Just a thought.