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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:22 AM Mar 2020

Patent troll suing biotech company to stop producing coronavirus test-kits.

Patent-trolls buy patents, copyright-trolls buy copyrights. Then they sue people on the flimsiest of reasons for patent- or copyright-violation. They drag the case out, they make litigation as lengthy and expensive as possible... And then they offer their victims to settle this out of court.

Fortress Investment Group LLC, a notorious patent-troll known for frivolous and meritless lawsuits, is suing Biofire over a patent for a technical procedure how test-kits work, threatening an injunction and knowing fully well, that NOBODY can afford for this lawsuit to play out. Biofire cannot afford the money, the public cannot afford the time with the current coronavirus pandemic going on.

"Pay us, and all of this goes away."

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Patent troll suing biotech company to stop producing coronavirus test-kits. (Original Post) DetlefK Mar 2020 OP

Thank you for posting this, DetlefK. kag Mar 2020 #1

Government... 2naSalit Mar 2020 #2

I'll bet that John Oliver could make a great segment out of this... NurseJackie Mar 2020 #3

Take it to trial. A jury would empathize with the need for testing IronLionZion Mar 2020 #4

It could take years until this goes to trial. There are so many ways to drag this out. DetlefK Mar 2020 #5

kag

(4,079 posts)

1. Thank you for posting this, DetlefK.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:48 AM

Mar 2020

Those fucks need all the bad press we can send their way.

2naSalit

(86,775 posts)

2. Government...

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:49 AM

Mar 2020

a functioning government, under emergency powers could fix that in a heartbeat if it had the wherewith all to do something to help speed up the testing etc..

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

3. I'll bet that John Oliver could make a great segment out of this...

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 08:23 AM

Mar 2020

... just like he did with the SLAPP lawsuit stuff.

IronLionZion

(45,528 posts)

4. Take it to trial. A jury would empathize with the need for testing

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 01:14 PM

Mar 2020

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

5. It could take years until this goes to trial. There are so many ways to drag this out.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 04:28 PM

Mar 2020

You can file a motion for the court to consider all sorts of things in the trial and every time a motion is filed, the whole trial is essentially paused until the court has ruled on the motion. And that can take about a month. Per motion!

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