I think there are 2 underlying problems here: 1) the patent troll; and 2) the high cost of litigation. We focus on #1 here, but not much on #2. If it was easy (cheap) to defend oneself, more people would do so. If the amount he's asking for is significantly lower than the cost of defense, it makes fiscal sense to just pay him to go away.
Unfortunately, I think more and more people are going to be suing entities with Deep Pockets like this in the future, as it becomes a viable business model.
The only solution is to counter-sue and drive up the legal costs on the other side.
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I think there are 2 underlying problems here: 1) the patent troll; and 2) the high cost of litigation. We focus on #1 here, but not much on #2. If it was easy (cheap) to defend oneself, more people would do so. If the amount he's asking for is significantly lower than the cost of defense, it makes fiscal sense to just pay him to go away.
Unfortunately, I think more and more people are going to be suing entities with Deep Pockets like this in the future, as it becomes a viable business model.
The only solution is to counter-sue and drive up the legal costs on the other side.