News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:A Software Entrepreneur On The Madness Of Software Patent... by lusr on Thursday August 23, 2012 @09:34AM (#4422236)
Could one then attack their standing as a lawyer, i.e. pursue seeing them disbarred?
Re:A Software Entrepreneur On The Madness Of Software Patent... by brazzy on Thursday August 23, 2012 @09:52AM (#4422321)
Lawyers are disbarred either for violating their professional duties or for committing felonies.

I don't see how that would work. A patent troll's actions are generally perfectly legal; they're exploiting structural weaknesses in the patent system (low cost of getting a patent) and legal system (high cost of defending against a patent lawsuit).

Re:A Software Entrepreneur On The Madness Of Software Patent... by dllthomas on Thursday August 23, 2012 @01:00PM (#4423466)
In principle, their professional duties could in some way preclude trolling. In practice, we'd have to get a bunch of lawyers to agree to pass on a crapton of money. But still, it may or may not be easier than getting politicians to pass on a crapton of donations to get the laws themselves changed...