Reply to post: I'd hate to see some trolling venture capitalist lose his claim for "imaging technology"

New US bill aims to zap patent trolls with transparency demands

elDog

I'd hate to see some trolling venture capitalist lose his claim for "imaging technology"

A small company I worked for was absolutely freaked out when they got a formal notice saying they owed $$$ since they leased an HP multi-function capable of emailing faxes (or some such.)

When I looked up the troll's address it was a box in a mail room that also had hundreds of other businesses associated with it. I told the company to ignore it and it would go away - it did.

Stupid patents are one thing, Allowing shysters to bludgeon marks with stupid claims is another. I think any troll should need to put up a large sum of money (10 times demanded?) and be ready to forfeit if they lose the suit.

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