In an amended SEC filing ahead of its IPO, Reddit warned potential investors that "...on March 18, 2024, Nokia Technologies sent us a letter indicating they believed that Reddit infringes certain of their patents. We will evaluate their claims." Nokia, of course, leaned into, ahem, patent licensing and networking equipment as its business many years ago, and reminded people of it with last year’s logo redesign. Companies paying Nokia licensing fees include HTC, Apple, and more recently, Oppo.

I can’t believe I have to defend reddit for once.

  • @RobotToasterEnglish
    -18•2 months ago

    Sad to see Nokia reduced to a patent troll.

    • GhostalmediaEnglish
      15•2 months ago

      No one posted what the suit is about. I don’t know how we can make that claim right now.

      • @RobotToasterEnglish
        -4•2 months ago

        Given it’s reddit I can’t see how it could be about anything other than software patents.

        • GhostalmediaEnglish
          7•2 months ago

          We absolutely know it’s about patents. That’s the only thing we know.

          But we don’t know what the patents are, and what the infringement allegations are. Knowing that will help us determine who is in the right.

        • @bobslaede@feddit.dkEnglish
          5•2 months ago

          Patent trolls are not limited to software.

          There is no information available to say who is good or evil here.

          • @RobotToasterEnglish
            -1•2 months ago

            Software patents are almost exclusively used by trolls, however.