Yes, we're represented by Bird and Bird in the UK, it's a pretty well respected firm. Wright is unusually challenging even compared to the more typical litigat

Yes, we're represented by Bird and Bird in the UK, it's a pretty well respected firm. Wright is unusually challenging even compared to the more typical litigation trolls, because he puts out a lot of forged documents that make it harder to establish a clear set of facts to kill a case in preliminary motions, which cost a lot of expert time to debunk, and carry a risk that a less technical judge/jury might be snowed by them in spite of expert debunking. This problem doesn't usually exist because in the long run the forgeries will make him lose... but he's not playing for the long run, he's playing to just keep it going as long as he can. Fortunately the community and industry has been able to step up and provide financial support, so far. But that doesn't replace the time and stress of dealing with it and only partially addresses the chilling effect. I heard that he's also just recently sent threat letters for two more unrelated lawsuits (sent by a separate set of shell companies), one alleging that the Bitcoin developers are infringing his "database rights" through their use of the Bitcoin blockchain without his permission, and one alleging that their use of the word "Bitcoin" is "passing off" (how he's going to argue that without a trademark is mystifying to me) and he's been saying in public that he's planning a patent lawsuit too.