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.
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 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.
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…
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.
