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Originally posted by Digipimp
Agreed. The point is not whether or not they ever pay them though, it's that they signed and signing alone strengthens ACACIA's position.
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I do not believe that signing it helps Acacias court case on it's merit
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So if you signed a license and then refuse to pay you can easily have an injunction placed against you to prevent and or fine you from using the technology.
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I don't believe a injunction would be somehting that would be handed over in a Summary Judgement. It could easily be argued that you were duped.
Contract law is a complicated jurisprudence.
I seriously don't think that Acacia has a low term chance of staying in business. If they did they might stay the course rather than offering this up from deal.
Don't know if you remember this or not, but there WAS a guy who claimed to own the patent on the personal PC...
Oh, and Pac Bell was leasing out the right of way for underground cables from the City of Los Angeles. One day they just stopped paying their bill and the City was forced to sue. Phone service didn't exactly come to a stand still.