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Originally posted by Chip@Nov 20 2002, 10:55 AM
I am new to the business and certainly didn't count on this patent thing. My cousin is a patent lawyer in NY and took a quick look for me. He thinks these patents may be a REAL PROBLEM! The have an early filing date and are broad. He spent about 5 hours which at $400/hour would have cost me $2000!
According to him, he would have to spend 20 to 30 hours to get more info. He says the average patent case can cost $2 million to go to trial. If we lose, we may have to pay triple damages since we have been put on notice.
For me, it makes more sense to pay these MF's and move on. Hope his helps.
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And that's the SCAM, Chip - because Patent Law IS so expensive, often times its cheaper and easier for people to just pay the fee and move on... People hardly ever fight it because of the money it would cost to take it to trial. These shitheels are COUNTING on it most times - they KNOW it will cost a fortune for anyone to take them to court - thats the WHOLE reason why they did this! They just sit back and get rich for doing NOTHING other than threatening to take you to court!
Its a scam, even if it is veiled with "law"... and these douchebags should have their gonads stomped to jelly. :grrr: F.U.C.K.T.H.E.M.