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I'd like to see a settlement negotiation swing the other way. Someone like Kaspersky Lab with solid footing insists that Lodsys pay them to avoid trial. How muc
by OrwellianChild 13y ago
I'd like to see a settlement negotiation swing the other way. Someone like Kaspersky Lab with solid footing insists that Lodsys pay them to avoid trial. How much is Lodsys willing to pay to prevent the public exposure and invalidation of their patents?
- foxylad 13y agoYeah, but by definition you'd never hear about it - Lodsys would have to insist on complete secrecy.
- OrwellianChild 13y agoOften, that is the case, though there is a lot of scrutiny on the patent trolls these days. We're also seeing great shifts in transparency on the part of the people held up by these IP bandits. Witness The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oatmeal_and_FunnyJunk_legal_dispute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oatmeal_and_FunnyJunk_legal... Some companies are crusading not just to defend their IP position, but to actively attempt to change the law so that these things can't happen again. Newegg is a prime example: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/newegg-nukes-corporate-troll-alcatel-in-third-patent-appeal-win-this-year/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/newegg-nukes-corp... "There are strategies I think would be really neat and effective that I literally can't execute. I can't make good law because I don't have any appellate cases left. They [the trolls] are dismissing cases against us before any dispositive motions." -Lee Cheng, Newegg's chief legal officer