Expert managers, especially these two, would be more likely to tell you to AVOID certain implementations if they thought there was a risk to the company. Pavel (formerly of ART+COM) said he didn’t think the “Brians” knew about their patent in 1999–2000 when we first wrote Keyhole’s software.

US court system found no infringement when comparing the code. And it was correct IMO. The things ART+COM alleged were copied were not protectable.

One can argue they got it wrong, but I’d hope one would have read the full transcript vs. the dramatized excerpts shown using fictionalized characters in a movie that’s only loosely based on reality.