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I think the idea is to increase the marginal cost of doing business, so it isn't economic any more. That is, assuming it takes enough some time and effort to de
by hyp0 12y ago
I think the idea is to increase the marginal cost of doing business, so it isn't economic any more. That is, assuming it takes enough some time and effort to declare bankruptcy, set up a new corporation etc.
But you're right, it wouldn't be a win for a specific defendant, it's more a long-term strategy to change the ecosystem by the community - crowdsourced, as the GP suggests. Another option is a consortium of well-heeled companies to methodically troll trolls.
Unfortunately, funding trolling of competitors is probably something some hidden department of those very companies do, while other departments sincerely complain about it.
- sounds 12y agoExcluding billed time for the process, it is amazingly easy to set up a corporation and transfer patents to it. Fixed costs for creating a shell corp are around ~$100. Newegg's approach (Never settle. If you sue us expect to pay our legal fees.) is maybe the best way to eliminate the economic incentives, given the uncertainty of the US legal system. There's a comment downthread by jacquesm detailing one way he exploited shell companies _against_ the trolls and they backed off...