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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Koenig" data-source="post: 115961" data-attributes="member: 416">Re: New Midas M32 ConsoleSlight swerve, but consistent with the thread title (and maybe we could use a swerve).I worked for a number of years -- actually longer than anywhere else -- in the semiconductor equipment industry. It&#039;s a small community of companies making mostly small quantities of high priced gear. You know all your customers and competitors and people frequently change jobs within that community. This is not unlike the high end of professional audio.Patents would get infringed but the result, more than once, was that competitors would agree informally (using some combination of beer and golf, I suppose, or perhaps just a nod and wink at a trade show) to allow a tit for a tat: I know you infringed on my patent and I&#039;ll look the other way if I can infringe on yours. This avoided litigation that these mostly small companies could ill afford and everyone got to keep their little picture frames in the lobby which add value in the eyes of investors.I wonder how much this happens in pro audio? I know it&#039;s a different world now with trolls buying up patents like they were soybeans and torching a butcher shop now and then when they don&#039;t pay up.--Frank</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Koenig, post: 115961, member: 416"] Re: New Midas M32 Console Slight swerve, but consistent with the thread title (and maybe we could use a swerve). I worked for a number of years -- actually longer than anywhere else -- in the semiconductor equipment industry. It's a small community of companies making mostly small quantities of high priced gear. You know all your customers and competitors and people frequently change jobs within that community. This is not unlike the high end of professional audio. Patents would get infringed but the result, more than once, was that competitors would agree informally (using some combination of beer and golf, I suppose, or perhaps just a nod and wink at a trade show) to allow a tit for a tat: I know you infringed on my patent and I'll look the other way if I can infringe on yours. This avoided litigation that these mostly small companies could ill afford and everyone got to keep their little picture frames in the lobby which add value in the eyes of investors. I wonder how much this happens in pro audio? I know it's a different world now with trolls buying up patents like they were soybeans and torching a butcher shop now and then when they don't pay up. --Frank [/QUOTE]

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