Re:Standing Up to a Dangerous New Breed of Patent Troll
by toast0 on Thursday May 11, 2017 @03:45PM
(#14318896)
Without addressing the validity of patents or the appropriateness of NPE suits, which is being covered elsehwere in the thread...
Are "legal fees" that much more expensive than the cost of actually doing the legal work required?
A lot of companies have in-house lawyers, what's the difference between a NPE with in-house laywers to file patent suits, and a law firm that acquires patents to file patent suits? Or even, the difference between that and an NPE hiring an outside law firm which charges a very low margin (possibly with a contingency fee as well)?
Are "legal fees" that much more expensive than the cost of actually doing the legal work required?
A lot of companies have in-house lawyers, what's the difference between a NPE with in-house laywers to file patent suits, and a law firm that acquires patents to file patent suits? Or even, the difference between that and an NPE hiring an outside law firm which charges a very low margin (possibly with a contingency fee as well)?