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Old 07-14-2004, 12:10 PM  
crockett
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Originally posted by FightThisPatent
A company would have to stop paying the agreement, which would be breach of contract, and then would get sued by acacia, then they could point to the defendants non-infringement verdict.

Means more legal bills to get out of something that might have seem a lower costly "business decision" then joining the defense group.

If someone is only paying $300/month to acacia, it might be cheaper to just keep paying them until 2011 when the patent expires than pay legal fees for breaching the contract.






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ahh that's only about 25-28k I guess for a major player that's nothing at all, just some chump change.. except maybe a bruse in the ole ego having to write out that $300 dollar check every month
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