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I'm not a lawyer, so my question is simple - say that you receive a citation from Innovation and you simply ignore this. What then ? They will actually take you to court ?
I really hope they do start suing individuals. Congressmen, and judges specifically.
Considering WiFi is almost 20 years old, and has practically surpassed 'ubiquity', I'd say that ship sailed.
I really hope they do start suing individuals. Congressmen, and judges specifically.
Patent trolls may be evil, but they're not stupid. The best we can hope for is for them to sue a close friend of a congressman or judge.
At some point a patent troll is going to fly too high and set fire to the entire business model.
I hope their greed gets the best of them. Here's a poll I created to get general feedback on this subject. It's so infuriating to me, but a lot of people seem to be indifferent on the subject of patents: http://www.wepolls.com/p/3363896/
I wouldn't think they could ever win anything. One of the rules with patents is you can't just kick back and wait for your competitor's product to grow and sue 10 years later. Considering WiFi is almost 20 years old, and has practically surpassed 'ubiquity', I'd say that ship sailed.
The only threat to the scheme is having your lawyers be sanctioned for unprofessional conduct. If there was NOTHING behind the threat, this would be a real possibility (like, say, if you tried this scheme when you didn't even HAVE a patent). But as long as it's a plausible case, the threat works and it's highly profitable.
I'm not a lawyer, so my question is simple - say that you receive a citation from Innovation and you simply ignore this. What then ? They will actually take you to court ?
This is exactly what I have been wondering. The case has no merit: they can't sue me for buying a Linksys router, can they?
tl;dr; Yes, they can sue you for buying a router. And win, if your high-priced lawyer doesn't show up in court on the appointed day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_radio
There is clearly prior art. When you make this big a nuisance of yourself, clearly exploiting the system at society's expense, you should be permanently disbarred. You are a clear and present danger to the continued operation of the justice system.
Edit: Might a flood of complaints to the bar association do some good here?
I wouldn't think they could ever win anything. One of the rules with patents is you can't just kick back and wait for your competitor's product to grow and sue 10 years later. Considering WiFi is almost 20 years old, and has practically surpassed 'ubiquity', I'd say that ship sailed.
Or you are confused about the damages - you can't collect damages on anything that happened before you told the victim "you are infringing, now stop or pay me $XXX". But you definitely can collect from that point on (triple damages, if willful infringement is established)