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Originally posted by twistyneck
Well, you see, people are starting to see that this is a company that does nothing and does not have a viable business model. They are doomed to failure.
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Let me explain their business model to you.
1) Find a non specific patent that can fit something widely in use.
2) Approach weak companies with the threat of stopping them trading with a court order.
3) Hope the prospect of spending $100,000+ in cout will be enough to scare people into paying a license fee.
4) Hope no one has the balls or money or organised enough to take you to court.
5) Count the money you made by charging for a BS license, when a judge eventually knocks down your patent.
They made $27 million on the V-Chip patent with this business model, anyone here got a better business model?
The problem could be that at the end the situation with Acacia, is they walk away with millions in profit after they get kicked out of court. The defendants have spent their hard earned cash they cannot recover in costs.
Then another company with another BS patent sees they can also make a profit from us. And the chances of them being stopped in court are reduced, because those willing to fight cannot afford it.
If you think Acacia are a unique company please go to
www.fightthepatent.com.
If you think the guys in court will do it everytime for the rest of us, wake up and smell the coffee.
If you think that by sending traffic to a licensee you are helping yourself, read the above.
The idea of [url=http://wwwpaulmarkham.cm/auction][b]Patent This Auction Site[url] is to provide the funds to fight this, show those that signed another altenative and predators that we can oganise and protect ourselves.