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Would it be possible (and IANAL so I've got no idea) to simply not make your products available in this whacked out district of east Texas? Just refuse to ship
by noonespecial 17y ago
Would it be possible (and IANAL so I've got no idea) to simply not make your products available in this whacked out district of east Texas?
Just refuse to ship by mail or retail to any address in the district in order to make sure the trolls can't force you into this venue?
It would be no small measure of poetic justice if in return for making themselves an enormous public nuisance and doing irreparable harm to the patent system, all of their residents had to drive a hundred miles every time they wanted an ipod.
Edit: Moved from the thread about this that didn't take off.
Edit: On downvote: I actually wasn't trying to make a snarky point etc. I really would like to know. Is it possible, if some venues just become too hostile, to simply not sell to them or is it an "anywhere in America = everywhere in America" kind of thing? In other words, is there any way at all to keep patent trolls from dragging you down to their funny little puppet court in nowhere-ville east Texas? Give me my -4, I'm cool with that, but could someone take a moment to answer?
- krschultz 17y agoFederal Court so afaik enforced nation wide.
- noonespecial 17y agoIndeed the results are enforced nation wide. The question is; why do trolls seem to always be able to force the venue to be this tiny court in Marshall Texas where all the cards seem stacked against the defendant? Is there any way to prevent this?