Lawsuits, Red Hat, yummy....

[Bill McGonigle]

On Oct 17, 2007, at 10:40, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> The issue of "patent trolls" is a troubling issue because there are
> companies, such as IP Innovation LLC that exist simply to enforce
> patents that were filed by others. I think that it may require some
> patent reform legislation to fix this.

Is there something inherently wrong with the business model of a  
small inventor who licenses his inventions but outsources protection  
prosecution?

I recognize many patent trolls don't resemble this arrangement, but  
it would be easy to squish the former in an attempt to squash the  
latter.

-Bill

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