[graving]

Bing was infringing and Vringo had tens of millions in cash and big investors like Mark Cuban bankrolling it. They certainly didn't need a paltry million bucks to continue the lawsuit.

Vringo already had the jury verdict against Google before the MS settlement. Also, maybe Bing has only 5% of Google's revenue/profit.

Funny that you seem to be falling victim to what you accuse others of doing i.e kneejerk birching and whining.

[mythz]

Mark Cuban is bankrolling a patent troll? From what I've heard from him, he absolutely detests patent trolls, I'd be surprised if he's backing one.

[magicalist]

Yes, unfortunately

http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-heres-why-im-takin...

[mythz]

Wow, hedging against patent trolls by backing them is some sick and twisted logic.

[tanzam75]

> Wow, hedging against patent trolls by backing them is some sick and twisted logic.

But not unexpected for Mark Cuban.

This is the man who owes his status as a billionaire to hedging. If he hadn't hedged out his Yahoo exposure at the very top of the dot-com bubble, then he would've been worth about $60 million by the time his lock-up period expired.

$1.4 billion vs. $60 million. Being one of the richest 500 Americans, vs. not even being able to buy the Dallas Mavericks. You can see why Mark Cuban believes in hedging.

[omni]

It's entirely logical. You're talking about emotions, not logic.

Patent trolls win => his legit companies lose value, his patent troll gains value

Patent trolls lose => legit companies gain value, patent trolls lose value

[gohrt]

To be clear, it is the same logic that justifies patent trolling.

Imagine if some startup "hedged" by covertly transfering funds from customers' bank accounts when they cancel their subscriptions:

Great product => paying customers

Bad product => steal money from customers

[omni]

Oh yeah, filing a civil suit and outright stealing from people are totally the same thing. Great comparison, bravo.