If they file the infringement suit in Britain, the ruling only apply to any revenue Valve makes IN BRITAIN. Patents are not some magical international tool to tax people in all countries. Us patents only work in the US, etc..

This isn’t news. Every company with a halfway decent communication team is going to provide a write-up on the interviewer covering their background, style, relevant point of view and potential bias.

I didn’t look at the asset in question, but I wonder if that is why the author originally thought they had abandoned the EPO patent. Software patents are MUCH harder to get in Europe.

The PCT was designed to streamline the patent application process and reduce jurisdictional overhead (filing effectively the same patent in 10 different countries). As far as I know, there are no mutual enforcement claims. Although the US often pushes trade partners to increase the strength of IP laws, that is not…

Unfortunately that’s not how patent law works. Patents are a right to exclude, in specific markets where the patent is valid. If the inventor only ends up getting a US patent issued, and it’s found to read on NMS, any revenue made by the company in the US would be potentially on the table for…