Comment on Total victory for open source software in a patent lawsuitparentComments−rbanffy16y> this is something an average defendant just can't afford to do.Every time we don't, we fund the trolls even further. Acacia won't die because of this one and will live on to extort smaller companies.−algorias16ySo the solution is to fund defendants so they can stand up to this abuse. Wear the trolls down. Easier said than done, of course.−rbanffy16yIndeed. Much easier to say than to do, but, still, it looks like it's the only correct solution - to borrow the M.A.D. doctrine from the cold-war era.
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> this is something an average defendant just can't afford to do.
Every time we don't, we fund the trolls even further. Acacia won't die because of this one and will live on to extort smaller companies.
So the solution is to fund defendants so they can stand up to this abuse. Wear the trolls down. Easier said than done, of course.
Indeed. Much easier to say than to do, but, still, it looks like it's the only correct solution - to borrow the M.A.D. doctrine from the cold-war era.