Editorial | Put an End to Anticompetitive Patent Trolls

Corporate Legal Strategy: Companies are increasingly incurring business costs related to legal strategies rather than traditional expenses like materials and labor, with patent litigation becoming a common tactic to burden competitors financially.

Allegations Against MediaTek: Realtek has accused MediaTek of financing Future Link Systems to act as a patent troll, filing lawsuits that generate significant legal costs without merit, which could lead to an anti-competitive environment.

Impact of Patent Trolls: Patent trolls, like Future Link, acquire patents not for innovation but to extract settlements through nuisance lawsuits, which can disrupt the market and harm competition.

Customer Manipulation: MediaTek allegedly warned Realtek's customers about potential supply disruptions, further impacting Realtek's business and highlighting the aggressive tactics used in corporate rivalries.