Life for a startup on the receiving end of a patent law suit
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#2Regardless of the kinds of reform we would like to see, the fact that America still considers software nothing like "math" or prose will continue to allow these types of litigators to press for a long, long time. Zombie debt collectors are a seedy yet still thriving business model praying on the weak and gullible. That is the route these trolls will take as well.
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#3Still waiting for the "Prenda Law" moment in patent court.
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#4Algorithms shouldn't be patented;
UI components/metaphors shouldn't be patented;
Anything potentially leading to monopolism shouldn't be patented;
Monopolists should get their patents revoked.
This is my opinion.
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#5Still waiting for the "Prenda Law" moment in patent court.
So far I would say Newegg takes the cake - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/newegg-nukes-corp...
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#7Lately my group of friends have been discussing the most underhanded ways to get PAE's to bugger off. Nothing serious, but it's interesting to think about how one of these PAE lawyers would react if you told him his daughter's name and the school she goes to.
It kinda surprises me that none of these extortion cases have escalated to that sort of thing. When someone puts 5-10 years of sweat, blood and tears into a company, it would surprise me if there wasn't a single example in the country where one of those entrepreneurs reacted violently to this kind of extortion racket.
Re: Life for a startup on the receiving end of a patent law suit
#8Still waiting for the "Prenda Law" moment in patent court.
So far I would say Newegg takes the cake - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/newegg-nukes-corp...
Given that Lee Cheng is looking for additional cases perhaps he could step in for these guys? (Lee I know you're reading :-) is there any legal mechanism to do this?)
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#9In addition to patent reform, why legals bills are so astronomical? The whole thing stinks.
Re: Life for a startup on the receiving end of a patent law suit
#10Does anyone sell patent-troll insurance?