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Yes, it works for an attorney. It does not work for a solo developer/small developers that hire the attorney.

• anaisbetts 5y ago
  Are you seriously explaining litigation costs to a quite well-known attorney working in this space?
  • notyourday 5y ago
    > Are you seriously explaining litigation costs to a quite well-known attorney working in this space? Yes, I am. The attorney's goals are not aligned with developer's goals because developer pays the attorney, not that the attorney pays the developer. Attorney makes money from developer(s) regardless of a developer(s) making money off the violation. It is bonkers that seemingly educated people do not understand this. Fighting IP battles from a perspective of a little party that has IP against a giant that is violating little party's IP is a fool's errand. Rarely the fool wins. That's why there's no market for litigation financing in IP like it exists for litigation financing of ambulance chasing.
    • kemitchell 5y ago
      Google "contingent fee". Then "copyright act registration attorneys fees".
      • notyourday 5y ago
        > Google "contingent fee". Then "copyright act registration attorneys fees" I don't need to - you, as an attorney, are not going to take every case on contingency. You are only going to take cases that you think you are going to win and you are likely to collect. In most of cases you would require a minimum payment from a client. In those cases the client will probably be fucked.