Ideas worth spreading

How I beat a patent troll

1,140,843 views |

Drew Curtis |

TED2012

• February 2012

Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.

Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Join the movement to stop patent trolls.

About the speaker

Drew Curtis

Web entrepreneur

See speaker profile

Drew Curtis is the founder and administrator of Fark.com.

Joe Mullin | Ars Technica, September 16, 2013 | Article

Angry Entrepreneur Replies to Patent Troll with Racketeering Lawsuit

A new strategy — filing racketeering charges.

Mike Masnick | Techdirt, June 2, 2014 | Article

Patent Troll that Accused FindTheBest of "Hate Crime" for Fighting Back Now Has To Pay FTB's Legal Fees

Recovering fees from trolls works too!

Seeking Alpha, June 24, 2014 | Article

ParkerVision Still Tremendously Overvalued Registration wall

Another new strategy: File re-exams on publicly traded trolls, short them and profit!

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Join the movement to stop patent trolls.