That's clearly an important thing for us. The Chinese government is a major customer of software. We have had a problem in the past with government ministries using illicit copies and the Chinese have made a commitment to stop that.
The support of our industry for this legislation should not be taken for granted.
There's nothing companies hate more than unpredictability. Injunctive relief poses a very disruptive force to our industry.
We think that you need to look at that bigger picture; we think you need to look at the full range of fairness factors and the judge needs to have that discretion.
For us, the litigation issue is really a risk assessment issue, and the fact that an injunction is almost always issued automatically creates a lot of risky situations.
Hundreds of patent infringement cases are pending against computer software and hardware manufacturers.
Five years ago, there probably wasn't a tech CEO worrying about patents. But, as these people [trolls] acquire portfolios of patents, there's been an explosion of cease and desist letters and actual litigation.
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