Don't mess with Newegg

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Post by keerthiko » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:22 AM UTC

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Post by hollerith » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:27 AM UTC

Right now was a good time for me to learn that Newegg takes a principled stand against patent trolls because I've been thinking of starting to buy from Newegg because I keep on hearing bad things about how Amazon treats its employees.

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Post by thedaveoflife » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:42 AM UTC

The lesson from this article: PR can be an effective legal deterrent. Publicize your victories.

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Post by tdicola » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:43 AM UTC

Wow I love that they're taking a stand, and got quite a laugh out of the image. Definitely makes me want to support Newegg as a customer much more in the future.

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Post by heyheyhey » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:43 AM UTC

> Most companies choose not to recover their legal fees in patent suits because prevailing defendants are required to demonstrate that a plaintiff acted in bad faith. This is extremely difficult to prove and it’s usually easier to just walk away and count your losses – unless your name is Lee Cheng.

Interesting. So if you're a patent troll, there is little to no downside to constantly suing companies aside from the legal fees?

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Post by swang » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:43 AM UTC

NewEgg and Nintendo seem to be the only companies willing to actively fight patent trolls. Anyone else?

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Post by zinxq » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:43 AM UTC

Whenever I can, I buy from Newegg for this reason.

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Post by tdicola » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:46 AM UTC

swang wrote: post #6

NewEgg and Nintendo seem to be the only companies willing to actively fight patent trolls. Anyone else?

Adam Carolla is pooling funds to battle a patent troll that is suing him for podcasting: http://fundanything.com/patenttroll?locale=en

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Post by jerrytsai » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:47 AM UTC

tdicola wrote: post #4

Wow I love that they're taking a stand, and got quite a laugh out of the image. Definitely makes me want to support Newegg as a customer much more in the future.

+1

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Post by slaven » Fri, May 23, 2014, 12:47 AM UTC

I feel it's really important for us, as consumers, to support companies like Newegg. This strategy is really risky for them (despite all the good PR it brings).

It's easy for patent trolls to just move onto different targets and avoid suing combative companies like Newegg, but if we vote with our dollars maybe more companies will see that they too should take a stand.