This is not the case for copyright, at least in the US. You do lose patent, trademark, and trade secret, for failing to defend, but not copyright. One loses the right to collect damages against parties who infringe too long, but not new parties. (Except if there’s a case that could rise to the level of creating a latches defense, but that’s different than losing the right, and is pretty unique).
That said, CSW is fraudulently claiming copyright, so it’s a moot point with regard to him.
TIL. Not a lawyer. Maybe there is hope in a case as you describe it.
Does that mean CSW will retain his fraudulent copyright whether he pursues apple or not? As an onlooker to the whole thing, I'm trying to figure out whether this has any impact at all or if it's just a quirk.
I know for example the Whitepaper is "banned" from Bitcoin.org in the UK. How does this affect that?
Actually, I’d say that pursuing Apple would be a horrible idea, since they have the power to totally crush him. But yeah, he can ignore it and eventually be unable to sue them due to the statute of limitations passing. (Ongoing infringement could be actionable, or blocked by latches, depending on tons of things). But that’s only with respect to Apple. It doesn’t stop him from trying to go after others.
Also, I’m not so familiar with UK law, so unsure of what will be the impact in that country.
