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mitchbobtoday at 12:58 PM3 repliesview on HN

> The agency is using real-world profit data to challenge how big companies value offshore intellectual property.

https://archive.ph/2026.02.24-124153/https://www.nytimes.com...


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forgotaccount3today at 7:50 PM

My only concern here is that it's using ex post facto information to try to dispute earlier assessments.

If I 'moved' some AI 'patents' to another country 5 years ago and stated they were worth $x using some formula and now some years later the government steps in and says 'No no no, you earned $x + $y and lied on the original value which should have represented the discounted future income!' that's not disputing the formula used in the original point. It's just that 5 years ago people underestimated how far and how valuable AI would be.

notyourworktoday at 2:39 PM

Probably less about tax revenue and more about the executive branch squeezing tech companies to assert influence.

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btowntoday at 3:41 PM

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