"... Some have accused Richardson of being a 'patent troll' but today he rejected this claim, saying "a patent troll is someone that doesn’t execute a business

"... Some have accused Richardson of being a 'patent troll' but today he rejected this claim, saying "a patent troll is someone that doesn’t execute a business and just tries to make money out of patents, but we’ve been at this for 16 years'. ... During that appeal, Uniloc also asked for the case to be heard by a new judge, but that request was denied. ... The company had claimed the judgment was tainted because Judge Smith had employed an intern with ties to Microsoft to help review the evidence, although the appeals court found this did not have a material impact. ... 'The District Court concluded that an objective, knowledgeable member of the public would not find reasonable basis in doubting the judge's impartiality, given that the intern had no financial stake in the outcome of the case' ..." You get a peak at Ric's mobile van. When the first ruling came out back in 2009April21 I posted an article to delicious and Ric picked it up on friendfeed. Check here for why he chooses to hack in a van ~ http://friendfeed.com/bootload/ce4164e9/how-man-in-van-outsmarted-microsoft http://friendfeed.com/bootload/ce4164e9/how-man-in-van-outsm...