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Ask HN: I have been sued by a patent troll what do I do?
I run a website development company and have been sued by a patent troll in the Eastern District Court of Texas for supposedly violating a patent on building websites using online software. What do I do next?
- dsr_ 10y agoYou either commit to fighting, or you capitulate. If you fight, it will be expensive, but you will likely win, and establish a precedent that's good for the whole world. If you capitulate, it will be expensive.
- deanfranks 10y agoGet a good lawyer, even if you only pay for a couple of hours. There are things you can do immediately (depending on whether you received a letter or they actually filed a suit) that may make them go away. I was party to one of these a couple of years ago and if we had received good legal advice early it would have been much less expensive in the long run.