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Even when trolls lose, they're typically shell companies with no assets, so they can't pay for the legal fees of the winner (they just go bankrupt) and the winn
by TheDong 10y ago
Even when trolls lose, they're typically shell companies with no assets, so they can't pay for the legal fees of the winner (they just go bankrupt) and the winner still loses in terms of money.
- palunon 10y agoWouldn't they stand to loose their patents if they declare bankruptcy?
- Phlarp 10y agoSpin off a shell corp for each individual patent that is litigated, if a loss ever occurs, the only thing "on the line" in a bankruptcy is the single patent that presumably just lost. IANAL, but I suspect this is exceedingly rare.