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This should be stamped out and severely penalised. I'd even go as far as banning such company from operating in the country until they close entire tax avoidance network. If you wanted to create a local Uber clone, you just won't be able to compete because from the start you'll have to pay probably order of magnitude more tax than a big corporation. Then less competition means less innovation, consumers are worse off and capital is drained off the country. Another problem is that in many western countries anti corruption bodies just drain the tax payer and do nothing. I can see plenty of examples of blatant corruption, but I have not heard of anyone being charged let alone if there was any investigation going on.


I wouldn't be so harsh, but I would stop allowing them to sue in US court for some things. Sorry, your IP is in the Netherlands, go file there. See how quick many companies pull their IP back.


Not many I expect. Needing to hire Dutch lawyers is not such a big hurdle when you are saving billions.


"That's a Dutch verdict you're waving around there. We'll do something about the IP violation you're claiming when you have one from this jurisdiction... And we'll see that case once you've registered the IP in question here."




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