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The latest from the "lawyer-eat-lawyer" dept. from Medium.com:
Law Students Fend Off a Patent Troll.
Free legal support drastically changes a patent troll's calculus. They win by offering to settle cases for less than the cost of the legal defense. It's much cheaper for defendants to pay a troll $50,000 to settle a lawsuit than to pay lawyers $200,000 to win it. However, when a law school clinic is involved, the cost of legal defense drops to zero, and defendants have no incentive to pay trolls anything at all. With a free legal and a winning defense, who wouldn't fight all the way to trial? [...] Running a patent litigation defense clinic is not easy, but its possible, and its a worthwhile project. Patent trolls hurt innovation, and law students can help stop them.
This is a pleasant idea — the law students get practical experience; and the Patent troll gets to deal with a free defense against the claim. A real win for everyone.
Has anyone else seen a local law school pick up these kind of cases?
(Score: 2) by sjames on Friday August 15 2014, @03:23AM
The students are supervised by someone who is in good standing with the bar who signs off on everything.