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Re:Patent Trolls Inbound: Our First Lawsuit by ummonk on Thursday August 25, 2022 @03:45PM (#32599040)
Yeah, but if such an insurance scheme can protect smaller member companies and prevent patent trolls from targeting them, I'd say that's mission accomplished. Let the patent trolls go after the companies that will pay them off, but make sure they're strongly deterred from going after the little guys.
Re:Patent Trolls Inbound: Our First Lawsuit by cratermoon on Thursday August 25, 2022 @09:05PM (#32602112)
The current patent regime does nothing to deter going after the little guys. Or even, really, the big guys. Newegg was essentially gutted by the same patent troll that Intuit beat, as the article notes. Also, Intuit's victory didn't invalidate the patent, they just were found to be not infringing.