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.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    914·
    4 months ago

    Thank you for asking that question. That was the primary reason I was going to read the article. Since it doesn’t explain that, I won’t bother.

    • casmael@lemm.eeEnglish
      56·
      4 months ago

      Presumably patents relating to the implementation of bad management strategies

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        4 months ago

        Maybe it’s a patent about painfully slow product development. They’re both pretty great at that.

        • Artyom@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Maybe the real patents are the friends we made along the way?

      • jonneEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Huge innovation by Stephen Elop.