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I think you've misdiagnosed the problems. They have little to do with transferability. 1. Patents are a crap shoot. 2. No realistic means to recover legal fee

I think you've misdiagnosed the problems. They have little to do with transferability. 1. Patents are a crap shoot. 2. No realistic means to recover legal fees if you do fight. 3. So it's a one-sided crap shoot. You could say that being a NPE is a part of #2, but there are easier ways to fix it: just require posting a bond when suing for patent infringement. If you lose, some or all legal expenses will be deducted. If you win, you get the whole thing back.

pbhjpbhj 11y ago
>2. No realistic means to recover legal fees if you do fight. // It's normal elsewhere to award costs to the defendant when the plaintiff/complainant is unsuccessful in a civil suit (particularly if the judge finds it lacks merit). AFAIU this doesn't happen in US courts - why on Earth not?