Newegg sues patent troll that dropped its case
My bias is that I think patents are over-used, over-granted & over-litigated. I think the system is fundamentally broken in favor of incumbents, lawyers, the wealthy. Between the brokenness of the systems these days, and some fundamental mistakes in original the assumptions about what a patent system would do, I think it makes a mockery of the stated intention of patents, to promote innovation. On patent trolls, I think they're an ugly boil that pops up when the underlying system is bad and the running of that system is worse.<p>So FWIW.. I have an opinion going in. Disclosed.<p>All that (verbosely) said, I can't join into the delighted cheering wen I hear about a broken and unfair legal system where "my" side is getting the better of it.<p>This whole system of cherry picking courts, maneuvering, intimidation… When the normal legal strategy is to bury the opponent in legal bills for years while psychologically piling on weight via drawn out legal processes, we (anywhere, I'm not american) do not have a judicious legal system. It's not fair. It's not justice. It's not doing a good job and it's there for lawyers and their wealthy clients. Newegg might be in the right, but that's not why they're winning. They have more money, or better lawyers or whatnot.<p>What if you don't have the money, disposition or bad ass legal team to fight back, in a bullshit rules fight?<p>I'm offended.