| more likely: 1. MSFT attempts to assert patent 2. Defender says haha 3. MSFT files motion with court 4. Defender calls MSFT: "you want your patent invalidated, because this is how you get your patent invalidated" 5. <back and forth> 6. Defender pays $, MSFT withdraws motion from court. even more likely: 1. MSFT doesn't take companies to court on patents - that's not their business model 2. In the next mega cross-licensing negotiation between MSFT and <Google, IBM, etc> said patent it added to a pile of 1000s of others. 3. Little stack pays bigger stack by the inch (not joking) 4. Your cellphone is $1 more expensive 5. Patent attorney's kid goes to college. Yours does too. 6. Attorney's kid goes debt-free. Yours does not. (pls correct me if there's a more modern version) |