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Ask HN: Just got sued by patent troll – what should I do?

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Re: Ask HN: Just got sued by patent troll – what should I do?

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Thanks. Funny that we are not even remotely successful with the said app. Monthly sales of $150 range and it is strictly a hobby app since maintenance costs around $10/mo.

Sell it to them for a million dollars then.

Is this remotely possible? Just interested.

Re: Ask HN: Just got sued by patent troll – what should I do?

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Talk to a lawyer Here's an article from Monday with some advice. http://www.fastcolabs.com/3016290/how-startups-should-handle...

See whether any of your friends, preferably who run businesses like yours, have recommendations for a good lawyer for this area. Or, if they don't, whether they can recommend a good lawyer in another area who can recommend a good lawyer for patent law.

Thanks. We are contacting a lawyer now. Hopefully not gonna be very expensive for a $100/mo hobby app.

Re: Ask HN: Just got sued by patent troll – what should I do?

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Patent law needs to be overhauled. It's getting ridiculous. If you are successful you WILL be sued by a troll for infringing their "breathing air" patent. I don't have advice, only sympathy.

Our only hope at this point is that that company that got a patent on patent trolling will sue all the patent trolls out of business for violating their patent.

There's a specific type of a patent for that too[1]. Unfortunately unless your hypothetical saviour company filed it quite a while back I'm pretty sure there's too much "prior art" for this idea to work.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_method_patent

Re: Ask HN: Just got sued by patent troll – what should I do?

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Talk to a lawyer Here's an article from Monday with some advice. http://www.fastcolabs.com/3016290/how-startups-should-handle...

This is the only answer that is needed for this question. Everything else are people playing arm chair lawyer.

> Everything else are people playing arm chair lawyer.

Preemptive rudeness. Classy.

Re: Ask HN: Just got sued by patent troll – what should I do?

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Might want to send your story to Ken White, et. al., at http://www.popehat.com . If they get sufficiently interested/outraged, they can help set you find an appropriate lawyer in your area and can publicize your case. I'd also contact www.chillingeffects.org.

Thanks buddy! Will give them a try.

Re: Ask HN: Just got sued by patent troll – what should I do?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the only answer that is needed for this question. Everything else are people playing arm chair lawyer.

> Everything else are people playing arm chair lawyer. Preemptive rudeness. Classy.

The ignorant often confuse direct honesty and factual statements with rudeness, often to their detriment.
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