Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
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Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#2People will mention the problem with patents but I see another, perhaps bigger, problem:
We do not have equal access to our judicial system in the United States.
If you have money, you have the power to legally hold people with less over a barrel. That exploitable inequality is poison for a well functioning society. That is the problem that needs solving.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#3Really seems like Google/Apple should make some kind of statement calling out how ridiculous these lawsuits are.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#4Really seems like Google/Apple should make some kind of statement calling out how ridiculous these lawsuits are.
Could Google do more then a statement? It can't be good for their business if people are being sued for simply uploading an app to the Play Store.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#5Couldn't Google offer defense in such cases for its users? Every case is the same so it shouldn't even be that expensive (I guess, IANAL), and it would discourage future cases because the troll would know he will have to fight against Google.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#6People will mention the problem with patents but I see another, perhaps bigger, problem: We do not have equal access to our judicial system in the United States. If you have money, you have the power to legally hold people with less over a barrel. That exploitable inequality is poison for a well functioning society. That is the problem that needs solving.
"Loser pays" would go a long way, I think. Not being that familiar with the US system, what's the reasoning not to have this?
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#7Judge Davis retired May 15, 2015
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#8A comment from a reddit thread states: The gist behind this case is that the Judge's son owns patent law firm in East Texas where they often represent both sides. This guy doesn't live in East Texas. However, the dad lets these stupid cases into the town to bring business to his son. Really shady.
I agree with clavelle's comment. It's not so much the laws, but the system that allows this to occur.
Link here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/4n08jj/developer_i...
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#9People will mention the problem with patents but I see another, perhaps bigger, problem: We do not have equal access to our judicial system in the United States. If you have money, you have the power to legally hold people with less over a barrel. That exploitable inequality is poison for a well functioning society. That is the problem that needs solving.
"Loser pays" would go a long way, I think. Not being that familiar with the US system, what's the reasoning not to have this?
Some people would make a lot less money.
Re: Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Store [video]
#10People will mention the problem with patents but I see another, perhaps bigger, problem: We do not have equal access to our judicial system in the United States. If you have money, you have the power to legally hold people with less over a barrel. That exploitable inequality is poison for a well functioning society. That is the problem that needs solving.
But in all honesty, I do not see things changing anytime soon with regards to what you mention as being a bigger problem in the US (that I've personally experienced when going up against facebook without trying to spend a fortune in civil court).
I do see people taking advantage of legal systems in other countries in order to do other behaviors and applying a legal arbitrage of sorts agaisnt another legal system (i.e scihub/libgen vs elsevier), so maybe this will become more prevalent as time goes on as the technical means to do so becomes more available.