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Sorry, I don't know any more of the details. It was a casual conversation about patents and spurious lawsuits in general (they'd also been sued in a class-actio
by SomeCallMeTim 14y ago
Sorry, I don't know any more of the details. It was a casual conversation about patents and spurious lawsuits in general (they'd also been sued in a class-action, which they did fight and "win", in quotes only because apparently the attorneys for the plaintiffs are likely to appeal, meaning it's not over yet), and I've related what I remember from it.
Though I will say this: He absolutely wanted to fight. He completely hated the concept of paying the extortion. But as a representative of a VC-backed company, he couldn't in good faith spend $3M on a lawsuit that could be put to rest for $200k.
- shmerl 14y agoCould he pool resources with others affected by the same troll? Busting these patents would benefit all these victims, and coming up with $3M from many sources would be easier than pulling this through alone.
- SomeCallMeTim 14y agoThat was the essence of my suggestion above.
- shmerl 14y agoI mean, what prevented them from doing it, lack of trust in choosing one fighter?
- SomeCallMeTim 14y agoI don't know. May have been simply lack of time to try to contact all the legal resources on the list, or some may have settled already. EDIT: To be clear, he was telling me about this LONG after it had happened, so I don't even know whether he considered the option at the time.