TomTom CEO: "We spent more money on patent litigation then R&D"

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TomTom CEO: "We spent more money on patent litigation then R&D"

ICT2008, Lyon, Source: European Commission

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/ict/2008/conference/videos/ind...

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  • "Once we were successful, the part of technology and the cost and the amount of

    money we spent on technology as a proportion of other expenses we had went

    down again. I remember clearly in 2005, we spent more money on patent

    disputes, patent fights then all our technology development put together."

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  • LOl! What a bunch of idiot execs. Kick em out! These morons are being paid millions to litigate dumbass intellectual property crap? They're THAT worried about a competitor getting in on the action, so to speak? It's just a fear of lossed profits, really. It has nothing to do with loss of innovation in the market. IP laws are obsolete, although they never were really advisable.

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