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I concur with tptacek's (and your) comments on this one. Trolls are pros at one thing and one thing only, and that is working the litigation system (well, mayb
by grellas 15y ago
I concur with tptacek's (and your) comments on this one.
Trolls are pros at one thing and one thing only, and that is working the litigation system (well, maybe also at "monetizing" IP in negotiating forced licenses under threat of lawsuit). To go against them in this way is like sending amateurs out to do a job for which they are highly likely to be overmatched. I thought this piece was thought-provoking and that is why I posted it - but, I am skeptical about an approach like this working, at least when the players are small, independent businesses who have nothing in common with one another besides a desire to resist the threats of the troll. Too much financial pressure, too much risk, too many uncertainties to keep people with disparate interests banded together over a long haul.
- Natsu 15y agoThanks. I think you're absolutely right, which is actually kind of depressing in a way. The NPEs (patent trolls) I've seen in the news are mostly run by lawyers and I don't think they'd just back down from a lawsuit quietly. It's also pretty hard to coordinate with the other people being sued. That said, I don't think people should give up. Even if I don't think that one idea would work, I agree that it's great to see people thinking about how to cooperate on legal defenses. In particular, things like prior art searches should be the same for everyone. So if you happen to know other people being threatened, I think it really might make sense to work together to search for prior art so that you don't all duplicate the same work.