“Northern District of California Court Judge Claudia Wilken has ruled that non-practicing entity Linex Technologies must pay Apple, Aruba, Meru, Ruckus, and HP millions in attorney fees after pursuing a patent case that it knew was destined for failure,” Electronista reports. “Apple and HP are seeking $3.6 million each, with the other three companies seeking $3.8 million — the ruling puts the patent troll on the hook for $18.6 million, an amount it may not have.”
“In April, the US Supreme Court allowed for ‘fee shifting’ in a revision of the Patent Act. The ruling alllowed for legal fees to be assessed against complainants that have baseless claims from the start, at the discretion of the presiding judge,” Electronista reports. “The judge ruled that… ‘Linex was not free to pursue another case targeting the same technology with impunity.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Good. Stamp out the patent trolls!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Double07” for the heads up.]
Judge Koh reading news chokes on her morning muffin, spills her espresso and screams: “”WHAT???”
blow me you retard
why are you so rude? are you a cocksuker?
Yes he is, probably a Korean cocksuker, and a corksoaker to boot.
Well, Davewrite did leave out a very important comma.
Naaaaawwww…..
I’ll pass on that, couldn’t find my magnifying glass.
Why is Apple partnering up with HP? They should be SUING HP for using software that was ripped off from Apple’s!
Stay in Seoul troll boy.
I’ve never been to Seoul, you Neurotypical Troll. You remind me of those guys who liked to pick on me because I had Autism. How does it feel picking on someone less fortunate than you?
You are still a lying piece of crap troll boy.
I am no liar. I have always lived in the state of Minnesota. How does my very White name sound in any way Korean? Or are you trying to make me ‘tard rage like a good little Autistic? Because I have been put on several medications, and I feel sorta ok nowadays. You just like to bully those who are less fortunate than you. Shame on you!
Time to get a job in the food court at EP center.
I believe you are confusing autism with stupidity. In your case it’s the latter.
Which software are you speaking of?
HP has been releasing some tablets with Android on it. I do hope that in the future, they could develop their own (WebOS anyone?) or they could make a deserving OS a bit more popular (Ubuntu, Jolla Sailfish, Firefox OS) I respect HP, but I wish MS and Google weren’t the only OS vendors.
Again, which software are you talking about?
Seems fairly obvious he’s referring to Android.
Apple isn’t partnering with HP. Both were sued by this patent troll, they won a judgement, and are separately looking to recuperate their legal fees.
A few more of these lawsuits against the trolls and that should put an end to patent trolling.
At least judge shopping.
This is the first time I’ve heard of this Supreme Court ruling. Hopefully the ruling will put the Eastern District of Texas out of business for patent trolls.
I just love these cerebral discussions. Thank you all for the intellectual stimulation.
stick a fork in their ass, turn ’em over, they’re done!