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Joint motion to settle (with) attorney fees are to be borne by the party that incurred them. Good for Kaspersky, but effectively Lodsys collected payments

by abcd_f 13y ago

*Joint* motion to settle (with) attorney fees are to be borne by the party that incurred them. Good for Kaspersky, but effectively Lodsys collected payments on this particular patent from 54 out of 55 companies and then Kaspersky let them keep the patent in exchange for leaving them alone. Not sure if this is worthy of celebration at all.

rurounijones 13y ago
Quite, celebration would have been Kapersky forcing it to trial and leaving lodsys a smoking hole in the ground.
- jeremiep 13y ago
  Even then, the shell company would just dissolve leaving the parent company unaffected.
  - andreasvc 13y ago
    The patent in question could be invalidated, and in the future patent trolls might be a little more careful what suits to file lest they lose their patent.