"SoftBank-owned patent troll, Fortress, bought up Theranos patents, and then set up this shell company, 'Labrador Diagnostics,' which decided that right in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic it was going to sue one of the companies making Covid-19 tests."https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200316/14584244111/softbank-owned-patent-troll-using-monkey-selfie-law-firm-sues-to-block-covid-19-testing-using-theranos-patents.shtml …
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But they are still a parasitic troll.
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A bit skeptical about this. Looks like a way to gain publicity and also condition people to assume that they do in fact own an enforceable patent on the tech....Which they could use in future against other types of diagnostics.
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Excellent point. Here's the patent (patent # is in the court document): http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=36&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8283155&OS=8283155&RS=8283155 … I can't believe this patent was even awarded! It's just a vague concept, not an actual medical device. Point-of-care diagnostics is not a new idea. There's nothing unique there.
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your tweets have power
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The power of social media, especially from well known accomplished people.
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Poor form to sue practicing diagnostics cos in this unprecedented time. The original news article title is misleading as COVID testing wasn’t targeted specifically by the lawsuit. The offer for a free license is somewhat self serving for Librador though...
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...if accepted by the Ds, could put them in weird position. (“Ds took a licensee for some tests already!”) Also the per se invalidation of diagnostic patents may have contributed to our current lack of investment in this space. See Athena dissent.https://twitter.com/jamesdavid/status/1232759597762400257?s=20 …
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Maybe wrong moment to ask.... perhaps, though, while we're at it, let's ask Fortress to be a bit more straightforward and honest in their "valuation rationalization" offers to buying claims of MtGox creditors
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Giannis must have tested positive
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