[dqpb]

Is there anything we can do as a community to go after Rothschild Patent Imaging and put them out of business?

[jaimex2]

Someone should get patent on patent trolling and go nuts suing them all.

[pests]

You joke but I think IBM or someone similar did already get a patent on patent trolling.

[rhinoceraptor]

    A system and methods for extracting value from a portfolio of assets, for example a patent portfolio, are described.
    By granting floating privileges described herein, a portfolio owner can extend an opportunity for obtaining an
    interest in selected assets from the portfolio to a client who lacks the resources to accumulate and maintain such
    a portfolio, in return for an annuity stream to the portfolio owner.

Their IP lawyers must have had a lot of fun writing that one.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070244837

[jaimex2]

Wow. I'd love to see it used to troll the trolls.

[pwg]

Find a piece of prior art that invalidates their patents claims.

[juanbyrge]

I just donated $50 to their patent defense fund.

[brokensegue]

Maybe tell Leigh M. Rothschild what you think of his practices: [e-mail]

[AdmiralAsshat]

Regrettably, "the community" may not have standing to sue, however vile Rothschild may be.

[sigzero]

Maybe not, but you can donate to the fund to help.

[AstralStorm]

Class action would have standing, though you'd have to find all companies affected by frivolous suits over the invalid patents. This has been done against drug patents before, though I have no idea if they were successful.

E.g. https://www.classactionsreporter.com/antitrust/zytiga-and-pr...