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Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll

Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Walter Gibson


Last January, my company, Fark.com, was sued along with Yahoo, MSN, Reddit, AOL, TechCrunch and others by a company called Gooseberry Natural Resources. Gooseberry owned a patent for the creation and distribution of news releases via email. (Laughter) Now it may seem kind of strange that such a thing can actually be patented, but it does happen all the time. Take something already being done and patent it for an emerging technology — like phone calls on the internet or video listings for TV shows or radio but for cellphones, and so on. The problem with these patents is that the mechanisms are obscure and the patent system is dysfunctional, and as a result, most of these lawsuits end in settlements. And because these settlements are under a non-disclosure agreement, no one knows what the terms were. And as a result, the patent troll can claim that they won the case. In the case of Gooseberry Natural Resources, this patent on emailing news releases had sort of a fatal flaw as it pertained to myself, and that was that in the mainstream media world there is only one definition for news release, and it turns out that is press release — as in P.R. Now my company, Fark, deals with news, ostensibly, and as a result we were not in violation of this patent. So case closed, right? Wrong. One of the major problems with patent law is that, in the case that when you are sued by a patent troll, the burden of proof that you did not infringe on the patent is actually on the defendant, which means you have to prove that you do not infringe on the patent they’re suing you on. And this can take quite a while. You need to know that the average patent troll defense costs two million dollars and takes 18 months when you win. That is your best case outcome when you get sued by a patent troll. Now I had hoped to team up with some of these larger companies in order to defend against this lawsuit, but one-by-one they settled out of the case, even though — and this is important — none of these companies infringed on this patent — not a one of them. And they started settling out. The reason they settled out is because it’s cheaper to settle than to fight the lawsuit — clearly, two million dollars cheaper in some cases, and much worse if you actually lose. It would also constitute a massive distraction for management of a company, especially a small eight-man shop like my company. Six months into the lawsuit, we finally reached the discovery phase. And in discovery phase, we asked the patent troll to please provide screenshots of Fark where the infringement of their patent was actually occurring. Now perhaps it’s because no such screenshots actually existed, but suddenly Gooseberry wanted to settle. Their attorney: “Ah, yes. My company’s having a reorganization on our end.” Never mind the fact that the address led to a strip mall somewhere in Northern L.A. with no employees. “And we’d like to go ahead and close this out. So would you mind giving us your best and final offer?” My response: “How about nothing?!” (Applause) We didn’t have high hopes for that outcome. (Laughter) But they settled. No counter offer. Now, as mentioned before, one of the reasons I can talk to you about this is because there’s no non-disclosure agreement on this case. Now how did that happen? Well during the settlement process, when we received our copy, I struck it. My attorney said, “Nah, no chance of that working.” It came back signed. Now why? You can call them. They’re not under NDA either. Now what did I learn from this case? Well, three things. First of all, if you can, don’t fight the patent, fight the infringement. Patents are very difficult to overturn. Infringement is a lot easier to disprove. Secondly, make it clear from the beginning that either you have no money at all or that you would rather spend money with your attorney fighting the troll than actually giving them the money. Now the reason this works is because patent trolls are paid a percentage of what they’re able to recover in settlements. If it becomes clear to them that they cannot recover any money, they become less interested in pursuing the case. Finally, make sure that you can tell them that you will make this process as annoying and as painful and as difficult as possible for them. Now this is a tactic that patent trolls are supposed to use on people to get their way. It turns out, because they’re paid on contingency, it works really, really well in reverse. Don’t forget that. So what does all this mean? Well to sum up, it boils down to one thing: Don’t negotiate with terrorists. (Applause) Patent trolls have done more damage to the United States economy than any domestic or foreign terrorist organization in history every year. And what do they do with that money? They plow it right back into filing more troll lawsuits. Now this is the point in the Talk where I’m supposed to come up with some kind of a solution for the patent system. And the problem with that is that there are two very large industry groups that have different outcomes in mind for the patent system. The health care industry would like stronger protections for inventors. The hi-tech industry would like stronger protections for producers. And these goals aren’t necessarily diametrically opposed, but they are at odds. And as a result, patent trolls can kind of live in the space in between. So unfortunately I’m not smart enough to have a solution for the patent troll problem. However, I did have this idea, and it was kind of good. And I thought, “I should patent this.” (Laughter) Behold, patent infringement via mobile device — defined as a computer which is not stationary. My solution: award me this patent and I will troll them out of existence. Thank you. (Applause)

100 thoughts on “Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll”

  1. 1966human says:
    April 19, 2012 at 9:55 am

    yep good one, there should be more like him, no terrorist would get any of my money either

    Reply
  2. 2davivadiva says:
    April 19, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    hahahahahaha agreed!

    Reply
  3. Diomedes01 says:
    April 19, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    I would argue that it isn't the patent system that is at fault. The reason the burden of proof is reversed is to ensure large corporations do not use their sway to take advantage of small companies and individuals from having their patents infringed.
    The REAL issue is the attorneys that push these lawsuits as well as the scammers that exploit the system. I would target that area. Money grubbing lawyers increase costs across the board for frivilous lawsuits.

    Reply
  4. Rilian Lunsford says:
    April 19, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    I wish the rating system still existed. I would give this video a 3/5.

    Reply
  5. DoRayMeFa says:
    April 19, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    Uh, look into this:
    burden of proof of infringement rests with plaintiff,
    burden of proof of the patent's invalidity rests with defendant.
    That may be why later in the talk he advised to focus on infringement, not on attacking the patent's validity.
    #ThisCommentDoesNotConstitueLegalAdviceSoConsultYourAttorney

    Reply
  6. Alvis Tung says:
    April 20, 2012 at 10:33 am

    i see jack bauer giveing speech

    Reply
  7. 314a1011 says:
    April 20, 2012 at 10:52 am

    This guy is mt hero! It's about time these bloodsuckers are stopped. Patenting some vague idea and suing over it should be outlawed. I hope others take his advice.

    Reply
  8. balisticsquirel says:
    April 20, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    You're a dreamer.
    But dreaming it doesn't mean it's impossible or not worth doing.
    Wanna work with me on this?

    Reply
  9. zzzplayer says:
    April 21, 2012 at 4:36 am

    MAN, ECONOMY, AND STATE by Murray Rothbard
    Ch. 10 – MONOPOLY AND COMPETITION
    7. Patents and Copyrights

    patents = goverment granted monopoly privilege

    "…Patents prevent a man from using his invention even though all the property is his and he has not stolen the invention, either explicitly or implicitly, from the first inventor.
    Patents, therefore, are grants of exclusive monopoly privilege by the State and are invasive of property rights on the market."

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  10. JZ-/nuff sed says:
    April 21, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    We need to go deeper.

    Reply
  11. Chris Davies says:
    April 21, 2012 at 10:56 pm

    DIRECT COSTS OF 911 EXCEED 2.6 TRILLION US DOLLARS.

    Reply
  12. hs0003 says:
    April 22, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    Due to idiotic choices and dumb wars..

    Reply
  13. Jim Korioth says:
    April 22, 2012 at 5:27 pm

    The problem with this speaker'a attitude is that he proposes to treat all infringement claims as frivolous without reference to the merits. That might have been appropriate in this case but it won't be so for all. His attitude reflects that of many executives who think that all claims filed against their firms are frivolous. This attitude is as much to blame for the inflated cost of litigation as are plaintiff attorneys and patent trolls who file truly frivolous lawsuits. Not TED-worthy.

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  14. Mike Norton says:
    April 23, 2012 at 1:43 am

    This speakers attitude is not at all invalid! He is talking about patent trolls, not legitimate patent holders going to court, but bogus patent trolls. Thus the title of the presentation, and hell he even mentions it in the very opening. Totally TED-Worthy.

    Reply
  15. idiallin says:
    April 23, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    My dream has been to become a patent troll ever since i heard about them a few years ago.

    Reply
  16. Shrubbist says:
    April 24, 2012 at 3:55 am

    What's with the number change between 5:31 and 5:33?

    Reply
  17. LukeDeVari says:
    April 25, 2012 at 10:42 am

    "Patent troll? YOU GET NOTHING!"

    Reply
  18. Diomedes01 says:
    April 25, 2012 at 7:01 pm

    Great video.

    By the way, am I the only one that thinks he says his company is named 'Fart.com'? 🙂

    Reply
  19. koolkidde says:
    April 26, 2012 at 5:21 am

    Different time scale, and economic damages vs physical damages.

    Reply
  20. Matthew Jay says:
    April 26, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    Patent-trolls are bullies.

    Reply
  21. Random2310 says:
    April 29, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    I think he misstates the law. For patent infringement, the burden of proof rests on the plaintiff to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant infringed the patent.

    To prove that the patent was invalid (wrongfully issued by the USPTO), the burden rests on the defendant.

    Reply
  22. GabrielSparkletits says:
    May 1, 2012 at 6:29 pm

    I tried giving this two thumbs up but youtube actually sneered at me 🙁

    Reply
  23. RedSandPalm says:
    May 2, 2012 at 7:39 am

    DID HE?

    Reply
  24. iamkeir says:
    May 3, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Legend.

    Reply
  25. TheNewRavager says:
    May 11, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    After reading this, the word 'patent' has lost its meaning to me.

    Reply
  26. TheAlphaPyro says:
    May 12, 2012 at 2:45 am

    just end patents. let people register but don't let anyone "own" an idea.

    Reply
  27. Jonathan says:
    May 18, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    I never realized I could make millions trolling

    Reply
  28. blah says:
    May 21, 2012 at 1:08 am

    trolling like a sir.

    Reply
  29. vidfreak56 says:
    June 3, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Minus one for the patent infringement lawyers.

    Reply
  30. TheMontanaDave says:
    June 16, 2012 at 2:47 am

    Troll

    Reply
  31. graemeirvine1 says:
    June 21, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Drew Curtis for World President

    Reply
  32. weesh says:
    June 22, 2012 at 1:25 am

    I want to know what techniques they used to annoy the trolls. I bet that is a fun story.

    Reply
  33. IngeniousFirefly says:
    June 22, 2012 at 10:16 pm

    Patents are protected by the Constitution, specifically Article 1, Section 8.

    Reply
  34. TheAlphaPyro says:
    June 23, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    We can make an amendment.

    Reply
  35. Chris Parks says:
    June 30, 2012 at 2:25 am

    so patent trolls are like UNTRA telephone salesmen…

    Reply
  36. Chris Parks says:
    June 30, 2012 at 2:25 am

    ULTRA

    Reply
  37. Nikanaiko says:
    July 16, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    This makes me think of the whole "Conjopi" issue with false flagging for popular LPers on YouTube in the summer of 2010.

    Reply
  38. Mitchell Murphy says:
    July 22, 2012 at 12:13 am

    I think Notch saw this.

    Reply
  39. Scrumptious Co says:
    July 22, 2012 at 7:14 am

    Uniloc v. Everyone = D d d d d done beotch!

    Reply
  40. ManioxU says:
    July 22, 2012 at 6:18 pm

    Drew curtis, please sue uniloc for stealing your patent

    Reply
  41. thepokemon757 says:
    July 23, 2012 at 4:53 am

    Unilock is why i'm here they are patent trolls

    Reply
  42. fallenempireoverdrve says:
    July 23, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    i would completly do away with patents if it was up to me

    Reply
  43. SizeInfinity says:
    July 26, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    man, i love this guy

    Reply
  44. Yavuz Şekeral says:
    August 6, 2012 at 10:14 am

    Call us for Trademark! Guaranteed best price!

    Reply
  45. lanchime says:
    August 8, 2012 at 8:33 am

    Prime example: Apple vs Samsung

    Reply
  46. Its Jake The Brake says:
    August 17, 2012 at 2:25 am

    which would destroy the economy…

    Reply
  47. fallenempireoverdrve says:
    August 17, 2012 at 2:51 am

    lol, enlighten me

    Reply
  48. Its Jake The Brake says:
    August 17, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    Patents protect inventors and producers from having their ideas stolen. If anyone could just copy everything someone else is doing you would have no brands and no companies producing high quality products because it simply wouldn't make sense to do it.

    Reply
  49. fallenempireoverdrve says:
    August 17, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    you have beaten my argument with logic !!

    Reply
  50. James says:
    September 3, 2012 at 2:21 am

    Poorfag? No money? Fear not troll science haz answer!!11one!?!
    Step 1. Patent everything (Brotip: patent magnets first, stop other trollfags).
    Step 2. Hunt down fag companies breaking patents (Brotip: use patented magnets for faster hunting).
    Step 3. Sue companies, watch them all go 'FUUUUU' as they need out-of-court settlementz/ expensive lawyers.
    CONGRATULATIONS YOU NOW HAVE INFINITE MONEYZ + MARKET CONTROL. ALL COMPANIEZ WILL GO BANKRUPT.
    Problem, innovaters? U jelly, software developers?!?!?

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  51. Recipient Person says:
    September 22, 2012 at 8:45 am

    So basically… he didn't infringe, lost $2M fighting this, then settled for $0? Surely he should have settle for *negative* $2M, then he would have broken even.

    Reply
  52. ChuRa says:
    October 8, 2012 at 11:23 am

    actually.. Samsung is

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  53. MrPepsicola123 says:
    October 11, 2012 at 1:56 am

    but you're wrong, samsung bought the patents fairly. apple is trying to sue people for rounded corners.

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  54. Setuber says:
    October 16, 2012 at 9:14 am

    Nope. I studied patent law extensively in my collegiate years… Samsung never paid royalty fees for the patents from Apple; you can argue the classic rounded corners phrase, but there's no shortcoming or doubt that Samsung violates multiple Apple patents in iOS mainframe. I'm not going to defend Apple, but they invented and felt like they should protect their creation using standardized patents, so there could be competition in the industry, but as few "copycats" as possible.

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  55. MrPepsicola123 says:
    October 18, 2012 at 11:32 am

    Samsung bought over 17000 patents, the only thing apple was trying to sue was rounded corners something that is natural and they have no right to sue over.

    Reply
  56. Setuber says:
    October 18, 2012 at 12:18 pm

    Well, I don't know if you're speaking about a specific lawsuit in mind or not; the California court order was on UI for inertial scrolling and multi-touch gestures and document viewing… Samsung never paid royalty fees for these. And rounded corners isn't something natural exactly… it's obviously a copied design from the success of the iPhone. Google still thinks the patent is about geometry. As it stands though, the entire patent system infrastructure is dysfunctional and is rendering silly.

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  57. MrPepsicola123 says:
    October 18, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    what everyone likes to forget is that microsoft created the first touchpad device in 2001 but it was never as popular.

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  58. Setuber says:
    October 19, 2012 at 12:35 am

    I think Apollo Computer and Domain Workstations built the first touchpad in the early 80's… must have been around the time the Lisa came to market. The touchpad was integrated into their keyboards, either to the left or the right, and they worked together to incorporate one of the preliminary GUI systems. Microsoft manufacturers made a touchpad in '95 and integrated it into their first laptops. Never became popular either. Apple was working on a tablet and made a prototype in 1999.

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  59. TiagoTiago says:
    November 28, 2012 at 6:16 pm

    What needs to be patented is the patent trolling process; that little joke in the end didn't make much sense…

    Reply
  60. BrendanKearnsMusic says:
    December 24, 2012 at 6:34 am

    So basically, meta-trolling… I like it!

    Reply
  61. TopCopywriter says:
    January 8, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    I patented one brick upon the other and every building on earth owns me money. Ofcourse I am kidding. What about "calculating device"? wheeled vehicle? paper bound one one side? Kudos to Dew. May the cash-flow be with you.

    Reply
  62. Quiethoof says:
    January 10, 2013 at 2:11 am

    Curtis, mentions two important things here… Trolls and, gooseberries… but no mention of the small puddle, the pond, or the ocean. Still, the water pools.

    Reply
  63. momar91 says:
    January 12, 2013 at 5:37 pm

    drink some fucking water, that sick sound is fucking annoying.

    Reply
  64. Russell Jones says:
    January 14, 2013 at 8:08 pm

    Too bad he didn't say how much it actually cost him to achieve that result.

    Reply
  65. Zadok Eleazar says:
    January 15, 2013 at 3:48 am

    I'm guessing you just love Google…the tech industry's most litigious company…

    Reply
  66. YeshuaAgapao says:
    January 30, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    One could spam around the settlement terms before signing the NDA.

    Reply
  67. Melquisedec Alvarado says:
    February 5, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    SEX!
    Now that i have your attention, could you please explain the "Patent infringement via mobile device" joke to me? I'm kind of slow with jokes and that one was too fast for me.

    Reply
  68. Melquisedec Alvarado says:
    February 5, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    Apple = Evil
    Google = Good
    Yes, i love Google.

    Reply
  69. juanp756 says:
    February 5, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    he is trolling them back making his own patent for patent infringement

    Reply
  70. Frank Baran says:
    February 6, 2013 at 8:19 am

    fart.com

    Reply
  71. Melquisedec Alvarado says:
    February 6, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    Hahahaha, i get it now :')

    Reply
  72. wikieditspam says:
    February 21, 2013 at 7:47 am

    How so? I've never actually heard of them doing something like this.

    Reply
  73. wikieditspam says:
    February 21, 2013 at 7:53 am

    Oh yeah, those lawsuits against Samsung?

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  74. Mason Boles says:
    February 22, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    Apple just patented multi-touch. They are also attempting to patent pinch to zoom. The CEO had stated that he didn't believe in patenting things that are essential to computer functionality, but they constantly do the opposite.

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  75. Harley Mills says:
    March 4, 2013 at 5:33 am

    You are both idiots. Apple and Google are both corporations and would both perpetuate this patent nonsense.

    Reply
  76. msdhark says:
    March 14, 2014 at 1:35 am

    Adam Carolla is fighting the good fight against patent trolls. Like to keep this link up to the patent troll legal fund. http://fundanything.com/en/campaigns/patenttroll 

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  77. CiniCraft says:
    March 27, 2014 at 3:16 am

    I have a better idea to deal with patent trolls.

    Why don't victims of patent trolls start collecting Bitcoins to hire hitmen from the Silk Road? If Patent Trolls think it's cool to use the system that the people have no control of, then why don't the people start using a greater system that the law has no control of?

    I doubt a patent troll would get any kind of sympathy for being assassinated, that'd be social justice from my point of view. 

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  78. Winston Smith says:
    March 28, 2014 at 3:01 am

    Website forums that serve as echo chambers for insufferable hipsters who don't have the nerve or the courage to be snarky in real life and shadow ban anyone they can't beat in a debate… yeah, would love to wanna have sympathy, but just can't manage it. 

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  79. Self Starting With Programming Projects says:
    April 30, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    fight infringement
    no money, and want to fight. make it difficult to recovery.
    draw it out make it very difficult to collect.
    don't negotiate.

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  80. atomgonuclear says:
    September 25, 2014 at 7:49 pm

    Best Starting Defense:  Peremptory Challenges of the Jury.  In a civil case you get several chances to challenge members of the jury for bias.  The reasoning being that members of the Jury have also used the Patent in Question therefore violating their ability to be bias.  Good luck for opposing council to find somebody who hasn't used the internet.  You can get Jury member stricken later and possibly the judge if you really wanted to drag it out.  I think going after the judge would be a grave mistake, but nevertheless.. an option.  If you represent yourself it will cost you nothing and cost them thousands.  If you lose you can file an appeal for jury bias once you run out of Peremptory Challenges.   These trolls need to stop.  Get informed  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1870

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  81. Michael Choki says:
    April 18, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    at least you have laws. a lot of cuntries does not, their law enforcers just want money instead of laws being upheld.

    Reply
  82. GUNVALKERIE says:
    April 26, 2015 at 10:30 am

    UNILOC are real ASSHOLES

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  83. Nick Boller says:
    May 31, 2015 at 5:43 am

    could one solution to the patent system be that anyone who has a patent for a certain idea has to show proof of useing/producing it

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  84. alphamoonman says:
    October 4, 2015 at 3:14 am

    Place a patent for being sued by a patent troll.

    Profit.

    Reply
  85. Looniper says:
    February 6, 2016 at 1:07 pm

    To the guy who commented "That's Capitalism for ya"
    No, it is actually the antithesis of it. Capitalism is simply the assertion that the Owner of a value(product, service, or self) is the sole authority over transfer of ownership.

    Patent trolling is the opposite, it is an attempt to steal the value of your product or service through corruption of a system that was intended to protect it.

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  86. FISHEYE TV says:
    July 30, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    …and the politicians doesn't care. Go America!

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  87. Alex Gowers says:
    October 2, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    The solution is put the burden of proof on the patent owner. Innocent until proven guilty. Patent owners have to show how their product A is loosing money because of use in product B. Without those two things the problem is solved. Patents were designed to help original inventors, patent lawsuits could be restricted to only the original inventors being able to file suits.

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  88. Steven Simmons says:
    May 22, 2017 at 1:45 am

    41 people are patent trolls

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  89. matthewlane says:
    November 15, 2017 at 2:30 pm

    $2 million is pretty expensive when you consider that a baseball bat & a balaclava will run you less than $100.

    Throw in another hundy or so for transport costs & start at the bottom of the companies org chart & work your way up.

    Reply
  90. Maniac536 says:
    March 3, 2018 at 5:15 pm

    “My offer is this, nothing.” Make al pachino play Drew in the film version of this story

    Reply
  91. awdrifter3 says:
    June 10, 2018 at 11:49 pm

    Or as a news site like this, don't incorporate and host in US. There are a lot of companies that has to do business in the US. But fark probably could've sold their assets to Fark Belize LLC with a fictional CEO and unclear ownership. Good luck to the patent troll getting even the lawsuit properly served.

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  92. Kawan Klump says:
    September 19, 2018 at 5:54 am

    No no no no no… take care of it the old school way. All the judges are in cahoots with these animals. Treat them as such and I guarantee something will change. 🔫💣🔪⚰️

    Reply
  93. Duncan Benedict says:
    October 13, 2018 at 6:43 pm

    Brilliant. You would never believe how close this story is to my own. The only difference between yours and mine is that the trolls I faced tried to cancel my Federal Trademarks. Which yes, Drew is right on the money 1-2 million dollars to defend. These freaks however did have a settlement agreement which said they could not bring litigation on my or my Federal Trademarks. In the Settlement is also clearly said that they had understood and agreed that my Federal Trademarks were clearly mine. One of them they admitted to never had ever used. Then when they filed the cancelation they decided to file it on "both" my Trademarks " making that a Federal Fraud Issue" since I have their John Doe on a document claiming they've never used it. Trademarks in our Patent and Trademark Office are also a huge issue. Because Troll try to go on the Lanham act. These low lifes had zero legal protection, they are a DBA which in fact "never even registered it in their county clerk's Office" until after they received a notification by a District Court Judge stating that they would be charged on infringment. Only then did they run to their county clerk and register it… again one more case of Fraud on them. Because to register a DBA you sign a statement claiming you are unaware of anyone using that DBA name. So now they are up on two counts of fraud and most likely know it or do not know it. The entire time they pulled all this bullshit off, I was being nice and doing nothing. One of them even emailled me a threatening email. ANyone have any advice as to what I should do about it?

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  94. Sunny shah says:
    December 4, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    A simple solution is that if you own a patent, you must have a running business that is making use of the product or idea that you have patented.

    That way, these patent trolls, and many other ridiculous unused patents will become void and invalid,
    and the only patents will be given to products and ideas that are being manufactured or used by a company or business.

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  95. Trao Lin says:
    January 27, 2019 at 9:16 pm

    I wonder if this is where Silicon Valley got the idea of Richard reaching out to other companies to fight the troll only to have them settle out behind his back

    Reply
  96. Dirty Mathew says:
    February 18, 2019 at 12:07 am

    THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS!!! SHARE MOTHERFUCKAS

    Reply
  97. Jacek T says:
    February 22, 2019 at 12:09 am

    Patent troll is BS , legend to justify America Invent Act. You tell us some BS story about how skill full you are in Stealing somebody else property. According to your definition any inventor who own a patent is patent Troll. Thats why most of investors investing in Intellectual property invest now in China and US patent currently is worthless. In Germany for example if you infringe you GO TO JAIL. SIMPLE Not in US. You can openly brag about that you are THIEF.

    Reply
  98. Jim Flask says:
    May 2, 2019 at 7:36 am

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG9UMMq2dz4
    Turns out the cell phone was patented in 2010. Anyone using a cell phone is infringing on that patent right now.

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  99. sebatian says:
    May 22, 2019 at 12:44 pm

    so if I patent the idea of "a device that uses ink for multi-purposes." I get to sue EVERYONE who uses pens, markers, paint brushes etc?…. wow.

    Reply
  100. mBabe says:
    June 13, 2019 at 6:43 pm

    Your company WHAT ?!!

    Reply

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