It's a very dangerous precedent for the whole startup ecosystem. Much like a venture capitalist, the troll is trying to get a share of a growing stratup, except

It's a very dangerous precedent for the whole startup ecosystem. Much like a venture capitalist, the troll is trying to get a share of a growing stratup, except that it's using racketeering, rather than an investment as its tactics. This needs to be stopped decisively, ideally adding the troll to vexatious litigant list, so that it cannot racketeer again with another patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexatious_litigation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexatious_litigation http://www.courts.ca.gov/12272.htm http://www.courts.ca.gov/12272.htm