Funny thing is, the company that is suing him probably didn't even create the patent, they bought it.

Also, the judges in that court get a ton of money on the sly.

An earlier video he did where he goes out to find the companies that are producing all the lawsuits https://youtu.be/d8XknFl1l_8

Good Vid, thanks.

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Here are some good videos *related to patent trolls.
http://videosift.com/video/Patent-Troll-Lawsuits-For-Making-Lists
http://videosift.com/video/Last-Week-Tonight-with-John-Oliver-Patent-Trolls
http://videosift.com/video/How-I-Beat-A-Patent-Troll-Drew-Curtis-TED-Talk

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Thanks for the promote @bobknight33 .

I am really pleased he's going out, gathering information and reporting on all the related parties who are committing these crimes. I feel extremely bad for him that he probably had no choice but to turn his own life upside down in order to do that though, because undoubtedly he'd rather being working on his flight sim or other more constructive projects.

X-Plane is really good.

How is this still a thing? How is that not a conflict of interest? Why doesn't Google jump in to protect their customers? Why aren't these overly vague patents thrown out? How do they get approved in the first place? Why does poop smell?

Seriously, why doesn't Google help?

I would have directed the video to all app developers on Google, telling them that they are next to be sued, and to stop using the Google Play store as a result, since they all, apparently, are violating the patent. And that's a reason and vested interest in Google to assist.

This is still a thing because we haven't rebooted the patent system. Google looks after itself, it's "do no evil" mantra left as a whisper in the wind. Patents are rarely thrown out...watch the referenced video about beating a patent troll in the comments...fight the infringement. The patent system is outdated and documents sometimes software thought experiments instead of actual work. Poop smells because it rots in your colon before being expelled.

Good video...gave it the upvote.

Patents and Copyright need to be completely rewritten from scratch. They are so outdated and biased it is ridiculous and you end up with shit like this. And it's only getting worse.

Let me make a patronizing guess - 80% of what you think are problems with copyright are actually problems with the content policies of corporations like Facebook, Google, or Youtube? I'm all for revising laws over time, but I doubt copyright needs to be rewritten 'from scratch'.

Hmm... are you sure these are crimes? I guess that a fraudulent lawsuit could be criminal if the plaintiff would knowingly try to enforce a non-valid patent... but since they have explicit confirmation from the USPTO that the patent is valid, it seems difficult to claim that they 'know' the patent is not valid... though it's obviously common sense.

I'm not at all sure about the trolls, but ignoring the clear conflict of interest by the judge certainly is a moral crime if not a legal one, and hopefully one that will get him removed from office quickly AND give defendants a valid appeal.

I totally agree with this; it seems beyond insane that a blood relative wouldn't immediately recuse himself / be automatically recused, regardless of the case or its merits. Since I'm only an IP lawyer and never actually get involved with courts I don't know if this conflict of interest is criminal, or if it's just gross professional misconduct.

Weird, I got excused from jury duty in Aus because my sister worked as a clerk in the prosecutors office. Not that I mind, but it was cited as a possible conflict of interest.

But we're in Australia where there is at least an attempt to make the system seem fair an impartial.

America. Fuck yeah...

This reminded me of that movie Joy 2015 with Jennifer Lawrence. Her patent on the mop she invented was stolen by a shyster from Texas.

These corrupt scabs need to be annexed.

Adam Carolla was being sued by patent trolls who claimed to own the patent on making podcast episodes available for download. He refused to settle, which is what they want. They only dropped the suit once they realized he doesn't make enough money to make their suit profitable.

People and companies buy up patents like this for the sole purpose of suing anyone they can because there is no penalty for them to sue anyone they want, and in most cases anyone they sue will settle because they can't afford a defense or it will be less costly to just pay them.

It's madness, and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

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Sift of the week. Marc Maron had a lawyer from the EFF on to discuss this in a recent episode: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-713-george-c-wolfe-daniel-nazer

This makes a lot of sense to me. If google knew that people were going around striking the fear of god into app developers, they might have a vested interest in fighting this shit.

Sure, giant companies like SuperCell wouldn't give two shits. They have the billions necessary to fight any lawsuit, but idk, maybe it would help.... maybe