Patent Troll Targeting Users of Scanners; Wants $1000/Employee 227
New submitter earlzdotnet writes "A new patent troll is in town, this time targeting the users of technology, rather than the creators. They appear to hold a process patent for 'scanning a document and then emailing it.' They are targeting small businesses in a variety of locations and usually want somewhere between $900 to $1200 per employee for 'infringement' of their patent. As with most patent trolls, they go by a number of shell companies, but the original company name appears to be Project Paperless LLC. Joel Spolsky said in a tweet that 'This is organized crime, plain and simple...' I tend to agree with him. When will something be done about this legal mafia?"
Upper right hand corner ad (Score:2, Interesting)
(Right, Upper hand corner of this page for me.) /.
"Wondering what your patents might be worth in the current market?"
Wow! I can't resist selling my patents!
Ahem! Well, back to
'Those lousy trolls, I wish they would just go away.'
come get us bitches (Score:2, Interesting)
Food Concepts Inc
2551 Parmenter St
Middleton, Wi
53562
I fucking double dare you.
Online world carries over into the real world (Score:5, Interesting)
So the best way to deal with trolls in the real world is the same as the online world: simply ignore them. If they want to sue you, then make them go through all the expense and trouble of making the case--most of the time they won't even bother. These are basically old timey protection rackets. They're trying to put the minimum amount of effort in to get the biggest return. They might try to make an example of a company or two, but it probably won't be you.