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jmartrican on April 10, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial again...

As a small company, can you go to one of these patent trolls for protection? Maybe make a deal while you are still small and the fees are manageable. Go to them and say... "This is what we do. Do you have patents to protect us from lawsuits?"

traspler on April 10, 2021 [–]

Even as a big company you can do that. E.g Intellectual Ventures [1] offers such protection services.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures

jmartrican on April 10, 2021 | [–]

Pretty cool. Know of any instances of one patent troll going to battle with another patent troll, to protect one of its clients?

Before I pay for protection, I want to be sure they got my back.

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