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Can anyone clarify why is he expecting to be paid $600K for his legal fees? I thought that in US the party which lost the case is not obligated to cover the leg
by pakitan 14y ago
Can anyone clarify why is he expecting to be paid $600K for his legal fees? I thought that in US the party which lost the case is not obligated to cover the legal fees of the winner. Which is one of the things that makes patent trolls thrive.
- zapdrive 14y agoYea. Can somebody with actual knowledge about this care to explain?
- adventured 14y agoThat can be decided on a case by case basis. The judge has wide discretion on dictating such. Usually in cases where the judge determines the case is particularly frivolous or without merit. If the case is regarded to be without merit, and the burden was particularly onerous (which it sounds like it was in this case), the judge can force the plaintiff to pay.
- lawnchair_larry 14y agoAlso one of the things that makes sociopathic self-serving prosecutors thrive, apparently. If it's a rare exception that he doesn't have to pay that $600k, what does that tell you about the cost of entry to this already asymmetric game? You cannot win these battles. He either loses his property, or "wins" and loses his $600k. Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann are incentivized to find a target and steamroll them at all costs. This incentive is entirely incompatible with seeking justice.