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That says a lot about the United States and it is all bad.
by cmsimike 13y ago
That says a lot about the United States and it is all bad.
- dm2 13y agoThe right to sue isn't bad. It's still up to the court/judge/jury whether or not the other person has a valid argument.
- TrainedMonkey 13y agoSo patent trolling is not bad as long as trolls win? Good to know.
- dm2 13y agoI think that patent trolling is bad. My point was that it's good for people to have the right to sue companies or other people. What is the alternative? It seems like we would be giving up a huge freedom and protection of personal property to be able to bring somebody to court or negotiation to settle a dispute.
- TrainedMonkey 13y agoAlternative would be to make losing side bear all litigation costs, baring special circumstances. This way patent trolls will not be suing every company on the web. (And do something about Eastern Texas Judges as poster above mentioned.)
- dm2 13y agoI don't think that would be considered an alternative. I agree that the losing side should be made to pay litigation costs in many cases, and in many they do. To help mitigate the huge risk bringing a lawsuit in that situation, if the losing side was suppose to bear all costs, there could be an insurance to cover that. I'm not sure who oversees judges in the east Texas situation but maybe there should be more oversight and punishment of judges and court systems that participate in corrupt activities, such as being paid in some way to rule in favor of patent trolls. It's probably not easy to get sufficient evidence to bring a case against a judge, but at least news articles like that help bring it to the attention of the people that can do something about it.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoEast Texas shows the problem with this. Your opinion doesn't get the same weight as facts.