On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:38:24 -0400 Alex Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One thing that annoyed me is that the lawsuit was claiming "economic > damages" and you find yourself wondering how much money could they be > talking about when they didn't do any of the work that led to the patent > in the first place. This would be a good situation for a court ruling > that in effect punishes the party that brings the lawsuit for making > false claims. The economic damages will ultimately be how much money the > lawyers were paid to pursue the claim rather than costs of marketing a > patented product (which they plainly haven't done). The issue of "patent trolls" is a troubling issue because there are companies, such as IP Innovation LLC that exist simply to enforce patents that were filed by others. I think that it may require some patent reform legislation to fix this. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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