Thread regarding Western Digital Corp. layoffs

Patent disputes

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/western-digital-owes-262-mln-hard-drive-patent-case-jury-says-2024-07-30/

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They will fight this for years. That way a different CEO will be in place when they have to pay the judgment and the accrued interest.

We may not have had the huge layoffs last year if WD had payed suits off on time (think making hourly workers exempt to avoid overtime for one).

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be more concerned with nearing split

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Post ID: @qwf+1tMH0D1h

patent suites like this not uncommon, but round one goes to the claimed inventor

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