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The publicity Adam Carolla gets from this case is likely worth more than the legal fees from keeping the case going.
by jobu 12y ago
The publicity Adam Carolla gets from this case is likely worth more than the legal fees from keeping the case going.
- e40 12y agoThis. I've seen his name in places I never did before.
- MaysonL 12y agoI do wonder whether Personal Audio has enough money to pay his legal fees, if he wins and gets awarded fees and damages.
- spacemanmatt 12y agoI hope he gets punitive damages for their assertion over unpatentable subject material.
- k0d3g3ar 12y agoThat's not exactly how Patent litigation works. The biggest reason that congress can't get a Patent Reform bill through right now is the "fee shifting" changes that have been proposed. As it stands now, there is almost no chance that a prevailing party in a Patent troll lawsuit will get back their legal and discovery fees even if they win. That's the key reason why these Patent trolls exist. If the laws are amended to allow the prevailing party to get back their legal expenses, the majority of these frivolous lawsuits will go away and only patents with substance that can stand the test of the courtroom would survive. That's the main reason why there is a lot of negativity against fee shifting - there are a lot of organizations that have legitimate patents that don't want any form of a 'loss of power' even if it means allowing trolls to run the patent system. Go figure.
- ugk 12y agoNever paid good lawyers, huh? Or just trolling?
- jobu 12y agoI was completely serious. How much do you think the media coverage he's gotten over this would cost if he'd paid for it as an advertisement?
- mbrameld 12y agoAccording to another comment on this story, Adam told the Senate his legal fees are $100,000 a month. I'm not sure what else he has going on professionally but I doubt he'll see a big enough rise in podcast subscribers to offset that.