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		acjohnson55 on Sept 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it Literally today I was in a fireside chat where the speaker told us the IP law department at a previous employer brought in a couple billions in revenue by suing for infringement.

Aeolun on Sept 16, 2023 [–]

Sure, but they weren’t sueing a rock.

Getting a judgement against an individual is vanishingly unlikely to result in any profits.

acjohnson55 on Sept 22, 2023 | [–]

Probably even more pertinent, in my last job, I worked with a guy who got sued for taking the source code with him.

https://unicourt.com/case/pc-db5-better-holdco-inc-et-al-v-d...

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