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> We hope Hodder and Stoughton comes to its senses and abandons its absurd demands. I understand there are limited resources, but if this is the only consequen
by kodablah 8y ago
> We hope Hodder and Stoughton comes to its senses and abandons its absurd demands.
I understand there are limited resources, but if this is the only consequence that can be hoped for, there is no incentive to abandon anything.
- Freak_NL 8y agoThe condemning media attention from a respected party like the EFF may harm their reputation. It also ties up legal resources — they probably target people that they expect will fold to their demands due to the high cost of resisting them. Also, if the EFF is successful, the US patent office might use this as an example of frivolous patents that should never have been granted in the first place to resist the legislation mentioned that would make it harder to prevent such bogus patents in the first place.
- bdhess 8y agoIn the actual letter, the EFF staff attorney notes that the complainants would be on the hook for the defense's legal fees in the event that the claims are not abandoned and the patent is subsequently found invalid.