how about this? News aggregator Fark, targeted by a company owning a patent covering "news releases", settled its case for $0. Fark proprietor Drew Curtis writes about what sounds like an unusually callous and disinterested shakedown: "The patent troll realized we were going to fight them instead of settle, so they asked for our best offer. I said how about you get nothing and drop the lawsuit? They accepted."
from http://www.fark.com/comments/blog235 the mind boggles On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The big company simply needs to throw enough lawyers and countersuits at you >> so that it becomes financially untenable to continue pursuing any >> litigation. At the very least, they'll keep you crippled with legal fees >> just long enough for you to go bankrupt, then their problem is solved. > > Gee, I've never seen that happen ;-) 'cept for the time when the small > company I was working for was being sued. Legal was ~400k / month and this > went on for close to a year before the company finally went bankrupt. But to > be honest, it wasn't the suite that bankrupted to company.... > > Kirk > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
