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0 pointschimi13y ago0 comments

Losing the suit would provide evidence to potential acquirers that the patents are worthless.

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Sandman13y ago· 1 in thread

Those that were used in the lawsuit, yes, but they'd probably have other patents as well, and there would be no reason to consider them worthless.

endianswap13y ago

Most patent trolls such as Intellectual Ventures set up a shell company for each lawsuit, essentially (or group of lawsuits if they're targetting multiple companies) so they only really have the patents used in the case they'd be losing to sell.

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