Patent Hoarder Caught Shuffling Patents Around Has To Pay $4 Million
from the hoarding-doesn't-always-pay dept
You may recall earlier this month that we wrote about Erich Spangenberg, who had set up a series of shell corporations for patent hoarding (and suing). Unfortunately, it appears he got greedy after a big win against DaimlerChrysler. As part of that settlement, he agreed not to sue the automaker again over the same issues -- but by using the various shell corporations, he had a different shell sue Daimler. Daimler saw this as a violation of the settlement and sued back. Now comes the news that Spangenberg has lost and has to pay nearly $4 million in legal fees to Daimler. It's good to see courts finally pushing back on some of the overreaching by patent holders.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: erich spangenberg, patents, shell companies
Companies: daimlerchrysler, plutus ip
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Will this discourage the practise ?
Ha Ha
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Wrong issue
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Re: Wrong issue
Yes, but this is above and beyond, over the top, and hey - wait a minute - it was committed by an over reaching patent hoarder.
Its not just a violation of the terms, it is continuing to do what they were suppose to stop doing. Contempt ?
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The Patent
Yep It's still a broken system then.
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HA!!!!!!!!!
oh, Did I say "HA HA HA HA H AH AHA HA AHA HAH AHHA"!!!!!!!!!!
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