I’ve received some threats (even death threats/death wishes) and the EFF was sued several times. As American right groups such as the EFF can tell, patent trolls that only make a living by threatening lawsuits (and sometimes suing) also threaten and sometimes sue their exposers, their critics. The threat of trolls in Europe is a growing threat even predating anything similar to the UPC, litigation by trolls is soaring, especially in Germany. With respect to injunctions, worse than the Eastern District of Texas.” Will their job merely help trolls blackmail other scientists and technologists? What would happen to Germany if it became all about litigation? As the German Florian Müller told me yesterday: “Trolling with junk patents works best in Germany. Examiners, who are themselves scientists and technologists, are rightly concerned.
TODAY’S EPO works for the litigation 'industry', not for science and technology. Summary: The Unitary Patent or Unified Patent Court (UPC) was the trolls’ weapon against potentially millions of European businesses but those businesses have woken up to the fact that it was against their interests and European member states such as Spain and Poland now oppose it while Germany halts ratification Roy Schestowitzīut dark clouds remain due to European Patents (EPs) that are leveraged by patent trolls
Posted in Europe, Patents at 11:46 am by Dr. 09.20.18 Criticism of Unitary Patent (UPC) Agreement Doomed the UPC and Patent Trolls’ Plan - Along With the Litigation Lobby - for Unified ‘Extortion Vector’
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