Indeed, why would Intellectual Ventures sell some of its patents instead of doing the usual, that is using fronts to sue people. In fact, this case seems suspi

Indeed, why would Intellectual Ventures sell some of its patents instead of doing the usual, that is using fronts to sue people. In fact, this case seems suspicously similar to earlier case Intellectual Ventures shell vs. Kodak http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100310/0302518496.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100310/0302518496.shtml This way IV can continue claiming that they never sued anyone(themselves).