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Re:What Can Small Tech Companies Do About Patent Trolls? by dahdum on Friday August 03, 2018 @09:12PM (#17684848)
Are they ever able to collect those defendants fees? I thought it was common to transfer the IP and file with the new shell company, who would then file bankruptcy in case of an award.

Also thank you for that detail.

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Re:What Can Small Tech Companies Do About Patent Trolls? by fncypants on Friday August 03, 2018 @09:27PM (#17684890)
It depends. I have obtained three orders to pay my client’s fees and all were paid in full. There is precedent (from an EDTX judge, no less) finding the plaintiff’s lawyer and the individual behind the troll liable when they were ordered to pay fees but tried to play that shell game. [0]

[0] https://insight.rpxcorp.com/news/7795

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Re:What Can Small Tech Companies Do About Patent Trolls? by thehnguy on Saturday August 04, 2018 @10:30AM (#17686975)
Yep. When the lawyers/firms were personally on the hook for the fees, it scared them a lot.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/original-patent-...

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