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Re:Newegg vs. Patent Trolls: When We Win, You Win by mcv on Thursday July 30, 2015 @06:10AM (#9974036)
You could end up with one party intentionally losing a case in order to establish precedent that they expect to profit from in the future, because they expect they'll usually be on the other side of similar cases.
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Re:Newegg vs. Patent Trolls: When We Win, You Win by mcherm on Monday August 03, 2015 @06:15PM (#10000281)
Really? Have you ever heard of a case where this occurred?
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Re:Newegg vs. Patent Trolls: When We Win, You Win by mcv on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @09:11AM (#10003135)
Not sure, but I seem to recall a case where Microsoft was on the other side of a suit from where you'd expect them to be, and people were afraid they'd lose intentionally. No idea what it was about or how it ended, though.
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