Netflix Sues Broadcom's VMware Over US Virtual Machine Patents (reuters.com) 11
Netflix has sued Broadcom in California federal court, accusing the chipmaker's cloud computing subsidiary VMware of violating its patent rights in virtual machines. From a report: The lawsuit said VMware's cloud software infringes five Netflix patents covering aspects of operating virtual machines. Broadcom and Netflix have been embroiled in a separate patent dispute since 2018 over Netflix's alleged infringement of Broadcom patents related to video streaming technology, with cases in California, Germany and the Netherlands.
The winners (Score:3)
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As usual the only real winners here will be the lawyers as both companies will spend tens of millions of dollars litigating this before realizing that the money spend doing so is approaching the value of the alleged violations.
Yea, and the end result is likely a cross - licensing agreement. I don't get why companies don't just get a mediator to try to negotiate one upfront.
Note to self (Score:1)
Boycott Netflix.
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Because Broadcom has managed VMWare so well since the acquisition?
Re:Note to self (Score:5, Insightful)
Why?
Broadcom is the aggressor here, from tfa:
"in a separate patent dispute since 2018 over Netflix's alleged infringement of Broadcom patents related to video streaming technology, with cases in California, Germany and the Netherlands"
The business world has collectively come to the same conclusion as soviet russia and USA regarding nukes: Dont use your patents against us and we wont use ours. Patents in the business world are basically nuclear war as EVERYone is infringing on someone else patents and to do business its better to just ignore that fact.
Netflix just whipped out their patents as that is the only way to combat a patent aggressor in this day and age. Broadcom is just continuing to prove they are worthless piles of poop. But its your right to hate netflix for any reason, i just dont see why THIS is what's triggering you.
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It's hard to boycott something I've never used.
Netflix VM Patent? (Score:4, Funny)
"System and Method for Distributing and Retrieving Virtual Machines Recorded on Optical Media in Protective Mailers Via the Postal System."
Pot Calling .... (Score:2)
The Pot Called the Kettle Black .. Now they both have gone from the frying pan into the fire. This is worse for VMWare, many companies are abandoning them with their massive price hikes.
Good. I hope Broadcom gets spanked. (Score:2)
Nothing to do with the patent situation... I just think they're terrible people. Like (Evil) Google has become.