Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min read
If Facebook held ARM patents and we were trying to make a cell phone, I’d be more skeptical. We cannot lose sight of the underlying tech. React is a framework that will likely be obsolete before a patent suit could even come to trial. I often counseled engineering clients to consider the commercial viability of their patent 5–10 years down the road before investing in prosecution. Therefore, the idea that a patent behind a JS Framework (and just one of many, ❤️ Vue) could hold any sway in negotiations is, to me, silly. And the fact that it might is more a symptom of bad legal advice than anything based in reality.
