Name: How I beat a patent troll
Uploaded: 2012-04-17T15:00:43Z
Duration: 6 min 23 s
Description: 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.

The private and social costs of patent trolls

The direct costs from NPE disputes

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: How I beat a patent troll

How I beat a patent troll

Battling a patent troll, a web entrepreneur reveals a $2M defense cost for frivolous suits, highlighting the patent system's flaws.

A strategy of fighting patent infringement rather than the patent itself emerges as a cost-effective method against patent trolls.

Patent trolls, deemed more damaging than terrorists to the US economy, thrive by exploiting the patent system's inefficiencies.