EFF is countersuing a patent troll that wants its name removed from a blog post

Re:EFF is countersuing a patent troll that wants its name re... by glitcher on Friday April 14, 2017 @07:14PM (#14118138)

Do they not know of the Streisand effect? Well, maybe this company will become known as the Australian version of it.

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Re:EFF is countersuing a patent troll that wants its name re... by YokoZar on Friday April 14, 2017 @08:51PM (#14118676)

They don't have any reason to actually care. How does bad publicity hurt them?

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Re:EFF is countersuing a patent troll that wants its name re... by bigbugbag on Saturday April 15, 2017 @04:51AM (#14119982)

I suppose they could just make a new company under a new name, sell the patents portfolio to the new company and can this one. There's not much to lose in this for a patent troll.

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Re:EFF is countersuing a patent troll that wants its name re... by Qwertious on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:53PM (#14119291)

Yes, but they're a shell company that doesn't lose anything if they're bankrupted.

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Re:EFF is countersuing a patent troll that wants its name re... by throwawaytroll on Saturday April 15, 2017 @01:53PM (#14121856)

I suppose it could hurt them (and no amount of shell companies would make a difference) if the individuals behind this were to be exposed.

I didn't want to pay the $40 to pull the company record, but all their info is super public on linkedin anyway: https://imgur.com/a/SVVYK

So they either don't care or they're idiots.

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Re:EFF is countersuing a patent troll that wants its name re... by BrandoElFollito on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @05:18PM (#14151874)

Looks like it is a family business of sorts (at least according to the names of the various C-something titles)

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