[jz638]

In April 2015, Chinese transportation robotics firm Ninebot acquired the company, about half a year after Segway named Ninebot in a patent infringement complaint.

I feel like this is burying the lede. How do you go from "you stole our patent" to "ok, buy us" without something shady going on? I'll be ready to ask the same question of pretty much everything amazon, Facebook and Google have been doing with their business acquisitions in the last ten years.

[texas booster]

I vaguely remember the lawsuit but haven't searched any more on it.

Seems like a common outcome - once Ninebot looked like they would lose the IP lawsuit, just buy the company involved and both sides can claim victory.

In 2015, many Chinese firms were flush with cash.

[discostu]

That’s one way to structure an out of court cash and stock settlement.