[Tenacious 1]

I wonder what they would have sold the patents for?

[Bobalu]

Software patents are EVIL!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Patent trolls.

[libh8er]

Apple getting Samsunged !

[SeeSharp]

The Eastern District court is a popular place for patent infringement lawsuits and has earned a reputation as somewhere that favors patent holders in such disputes.

Marshall Texas.

There are office buildings in Marshall that have little tiny micro offices that are rented and have names on the doors, but are never actually used. Lawyers rent them so they can claim to have an office in Marshall, which in turn gets them the ability to file cases there. Patent law is a big money maker for Marshall.

[Swordmaker]

A Jury in the East Texas District Federal Court, the Rocket Docket, has determined that Apple has infringed four obscure software security patents, two of which were developed in concert with the US government and assigned to the CIA and are still partly owned by them, which have been acquired by a non-practicing entity, which does not even use them, AKA, a patent troll company, and must pay the troll a penalty of $626 MILLION dollars for using the patents without their permission. This despite Apple having already had these patents overturned in an EARLIER patent infringement suit on appeal for other devices! -- PING!

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Apple loses $626 Million Infringement Suit
In East Texas Rocket Docket
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[Scutter]

Damn patent trolls. They are the reason it takes so long to get an actual legit patent,

[DCBryan1]

That is about 3-5 days of interest payments if Apple has only UST or Fed Agencies Securities.