Very interesting article and it clearly shows these companies strategies. Bully with the cost of defending against settling.
The stupid thing is this industry at lots of levels talks to each other. So how come big companies, and small, settled rather than pooling resources and fighting?
We need to single out those who signed and let them know the mistake they made.
The patent business is purely about selling licenses;
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That's where Nuvocom's work comes in. When facing a patent infringement notice, a Web site can either pay a license fee or challenge the validity of the patent claim. That's what the YouMayBeNext.com group decided to do in the PanIP case. The firms' lawyer hired Nuvocom, which dug up examples of online stores -- including one Canadian service named Viewtron --that accepted credit card payments as far back as the early 1980s. That was apparently enough to convince PanIP to back off the YouMayBeNext.com crowd, but Hangartner said the firm is already sending out a fresh batch of infringement notices to other Web sites. PanIP wouldn't comment.
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They aren't even frightened of getting counter sued for harrassment, they just keep sending out letters in the hope a few will sign.
Hope those that signed with Acacia made sure they got a clause to stop paying when the patent is over turned. Because articles like this make Acacias job even harder to convince a judge.