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Re:Clicker Heroes maker compares new lawsuit from “patent tr... by masklinn on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @07:47AM (#16528464)
OTOH patent trolls generally rely on victims preferring to quickly settle for moderate sums, they're not usually built for losing cases.

IIRC Newegg's refuses to ever settle[0], and when patent trolls find out and try to drop it[1] Newegg sues right back[2].

You do need a motivated lawyer/legal department with institutional support though.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-scotus-newegg-soverain/u-...

[1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/patent-troll-rea...

[2] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/newegg-sues-pate...

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Re:Clicker Heroes maker compares new lawsuit from “patent tr... by omginternets on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @06:00PM (#16540789)
Yes, but that's hardly contradictory.

The entire strategy of patent trolls is to go after targets for whom the costs of defense are disproportionately (read: prohibitively) larger than the costs of offense.

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