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Re:Patent Trolls Inbound: Our First Lawsuit by ncr100 on Thursday August 25, 2022 @11:30AM (#32595074)
Running the numbers is exactly what patent trolls do so yes it seems like a valid approach.

Reading down the Twitter feed from the troll in question shows a Tweet of a discovery by them and their lawyer that it's cheaper to deal with the court costs of trafficking 15 kg of cocaine than to legally assert a patent.

This of course can be read two ways like what a shame because it's a sin to use cocaine and not a sin to legally assert your intellectual property rights, however in context, it's so much more sinister scenario of shaking down legitimate businesses for illegitimate reasons.

Re:Patent Trolls Inbound: Our First Lawsuit by gbronner on Thursday August 25, 2022 @05:35PM (#32600234)
Exactly. The costs of discovery are high and assymetric. A decent lawyer can legally cause a defendant to run up a monster bill long before this gets anywhere near a trial. It is legal extortion.