https://www.sparkfun.com/news/3970
"The patent troll Jason Nguyen of Altair Logix couldn’t shake us down so he dropped the case. It cost us $12,645."

I hate leaches.

 

I wasn't aware till I read the link. I buy from SparkFun every now and then.

Ron

 

Monster Cable is notorious for filing sketchy patent infringement cases even going after a 'Monster' named mini-golf course:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081203/1332043008.shtml

They went after Blue Jeans Cable for infringement not knowing that their CEO is a former litigator that 'misses it sometimes' and whose policy towards such actions could be chairtably described as 'scorched earth'. The response letter to the infringement claim is priceless.
https://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/

 

Patent trolls are parasites and should be dealt with appropriately.

On the other hand, for the first few years after retirement I made pretty good money as a part-time expert consulting with various legal firms fighting a troll group. In other words, that cloud may have a silver lining, but how you look at it depends on who gets the silver. Patent attorneys complain about them but paraphrasing Liberace, they "...cried all the way to the bank."