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Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by dangerlibrary on Monday May 22, 2017 @11:24AM (#14394322)
For anyone looking for an ~20 minute intro to why this is a big deal and the impact it has on small tech companies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG9UMMq2dz4

tl;dw: There are some over-broad patents on usage of very common technologies (using wifi or selling on the google play store are two egregious examples) that are being used as a bludgeon against small and medium sized firms that can't afford to defend themselves. It costs about $3 million to defend against such a suit, and the Eastern district is known for refusing to force plaintiffs to pay defendant's attorney's fees even if the suit is ultimately dropped.

Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by logicallee on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:29PM (#14394899)
just wanted to thank you for providing this summary.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by monochromatic on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:24PM (#14395807)
Unfortunately, there's a lot of misinformation and half-truth in that video.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by Banthum on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:53PM (#14396017)
I'd be very interested in specifics on this.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by staticautomatic on Monday May 22, 2017 @04:54PM (#14396862)
I work in the field, and on both sides of patent litigation. As far as I can see, there is no misinformation or half-truths in that video. What he's talking about is entirely real and relatively common, but it is not categorically true of all trolls.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by lightedman on Monday May 22, 2017 @11:32AM (#14394379)
Sue the Eastern District for unequal application of the law. It's easily provable with the current track record.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by SparkyMcUnicorn on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:17PM (#14394797)
Sounds great, but it seems like something Newegg or Costco's lawyers would have started on already if it were feasible.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by jhall1468 on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:19PM (#14395778)
Costco's golf ball case was filed in the state where it's headquartered: Washington.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by dangerlibrary on Monday May 22, 2017 @05:08PM (#14396955)
Only because Costco pre-emptively sued the patent holding company in order to choose the venue.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by jhall1468 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @10:34AM (#14401528)
True, but the point was, Costco doesn't have cause to do anything in East Texas.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by clamprecht on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:00PM (#14394627)
Can you even sue a court? Seems too good to be true.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by kevindkeogh on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:26PM (#14394862)
Not in this case. You would need to have standing and a relevant claim to sue any person or firm. I would think it would pretty difficult to show sort of generalized claim about the injustices of the patent system. That is a political question, not a legal question.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by justinclift on Monday May 22, 2017 @02:11PM (#14395719)
Class action by victims of patent trolls?
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by nerdponx on Monday May 22, 2017 @03:15PM (#14396153)
Could a tech company, as a potential futute patent holder, sue?
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by staticautomatic on Monday May 22, 2017 @04:37PM (#14396730)
Yes, there are ways to sue the courts themselves, but not for something like this. The suit would generally be in the form of what's called a Writ of Mandate. It's basically a lawsuit for when you have no other legal recourse for something. For example, if you went to a courthouse and asked for a copy of a statutorily public document but they refused to give it to you, you could file a such a writ. It would force the court to at least give you a hearing before a judge, who you'd ask to compel the court personnel to give you what you asked for.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by vivekd on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:25PM (#14394856)
no - the best you can do is get it appealed to a higher court.
Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by blazespin on Monday May 22, 2017 @04:38PM (#14396742)
I dunno, I think it will just introduce more variability and stretch out the cases. East Rural texas was actually pretty good at litigating patents because they knew a lot about it since they did so many.

Better would be to reform the patent law, maybe create short term 5 year patents or something.

Re:U.S. top court tightens patent suit rules in blow to ‘pat... by mattnewton on Monday May 22, 2017 @04:51PM (#14396837)
They did so many because of their notorious pro-patent holder stance made them the favorite place to file.