Re: Equality
Put into escrow, not handed over.
But, the problem with this is that it puts further costs onto being a defendant - c.f. strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP). So while it might seem appealing to "hit the big bad guys", in practice any such law would end up being used by big bad boys to put "not as big and probably good" boys out of business.
That's already a tactic in some jurisdictions (esp. USA). Calculate who is not big enough to be able to fund a good defence and offer them a chance to pay protection money (a.k.a. out of court settlement) for an alleged infringement - carefully calculating the amount so it seems attractive compared the cost of defending litigation. I've read that it can cost 1/4 million $ to successfully defend a patent infringement case !
Biting the hand that feeds IT
