[TowerTalk] Force 12 - Patents

[Pat Barthelow]

Question:

To get an idea of how difficult it is for a major manufacturer of Antennas to defend a patented design, if they chose to do so, I am curious how much it costs a manufacturer to muster a legal defense to force a person who is duplicating their patented designs to cease and desist.   If the company understandably  wants to protect it's intellectual property from intrusive duplication by others,  and targets an entity that it perceives is infringing on its rights,  ( and income)  what does it cost to mount a challenge?  That may give us perspectives, on how likely a small number of "copies" done by an individual of a patented design, would be challenged by even a substantial mfg.

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