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One thing you don't know, in these situations, is the foreplay prior to
the actual initial filing of the suit.
Often, the purpose of the filing isn't so much to drag the other side
through the discovery process, the trial process, and subsequent appeals
but rather to force the other side to finally commit to something
discussed previously.
The big problem now in the access technology industry is that we have a
mixture of corporate and entrepreneurial entities; and the 2 think and act
differently.
In the corporate environment, lawsuits are commonplace -- corporations
maintain legal departments for stuff like this.
In the entrepreneurial environment, entrepreneurs focus on what they do
best -- develop.
When the 2 cultures clash, as they are more and more doing in access
technology, you see things like this.
What may well happen from all this is that entrepreneurial access
developers may well have to affiliate with recognized tech companies to
give themselves the corporate protections and umbrellas.
The days of the ma and pa access tech developer working out of the back
bedroom or storefront office may be dwindling as this industry has matured
parties seeing bigger and bigger stakes.
It's a compliment to this industry as now it is entering the mainstream;
and when something goes mainstream, its culture and workings change.
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