The American Genius: Zillow may be on its way to becoming a patent troll12743
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| The American Genius (July 31, 2020) Zillow may be on its way to becoming a patent troll "We’ve got our eyes on you, Zillow," said The American Genius "The real estate listing website has been nabbing utility patents left and right. Their most recent one, awarded last month, is for the “automated control of image acquisition via use of acquisition device sensors,” said The American Genius "But looking at the whole picture, Zillow must be gearing up for something major. They’ve had 17 successful patents in the last ten years, all for inventions that seem a bit extraneous for the humble real estate listing page. Either they’re planning to start punching above their weight very soon, or they’re just well on their way to patent trolling with the best of them," said The American Genius "As an aside, Zillow is currently involved in a drawn out drama where accusations of trolling have abounded in both directions. IBM recently filed a lawsuit in response to seven of Zillow’s patents, claiming that they are the original inventors and that Zillow has cost them billions of dollars in losses (note that this is small potatoes for IBM. They have over 110,000 patents, and the US Patent and Trademark Office has given them more patents than they’ve given to any other company in the world). Clearly, they see Zillow as an important rival to keep in check," said The American Genius Read the full editorial by Source: The American Genius |
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| The bigger question of course is where Matterport sits. They are quite the fiesty IP owner when it comes to 3D. I don't think they really have the $$$ to fight everyone at once either. | ||
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| Zillow bought the domain "listinginput.com" from me a couple of years back they used a 3rd party purchaser otherwise, if I had know it was Zillow I would have asked for more than the $2,500 I got for it. | ||
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