For sure, the result is a good news, but it highlight what I believe is a major flaw in the modern court systems : the tax payer and the defender ends up footing the bill for what is essentially abuse of the system and pure incompetency.
Is there any follow up on the body that approved a patent that should never have been granted ? Not per the court order.
Is there any punitive damage awarded to the defender against the filer ? Not per the court order.
Having been personally frivolously sued in the past, I can tell you, it's not fun and it's expensive. And even if you win, you have to sue back to pretend to any kind of financial compensation. If you have a settlement saying the opposing party is supposed to give you X amount of money, you have to sue to recover that money. And they can appeal. And even if you have an agreement saying that the winning party is entitled to have their legal fees paid by the opposing party, apparently no judge ever grants the real legal fees.
There's a major amount of work to be done in how we deal with abusive lawsuits and who pays the bill for the shared public legal system.
Is there any follow up on the body that approved a patent that should never have been granted ? Not per the court order. Is there any punitive damage awarded to the defender against the filer ? Not per the court order.
Having been personally frivolously sued in the past, I can tell you, it's not fun and it's expensive. And even if you win, you have to sue back to pretend to any kind of financial compensation. If you have a settlement saying the opposing party is supposed to give you X amount of money, you have to sue to recover that money. And they can appeal. And even if you have an agreement saying that the winning party is entitled to have their legal fees paid by the opposing party, apparently no judge ever grants the real legal fees.
There's a major amount of work to be done in how we deal with abusive lawsuits and who pays the bill for the shared public legal system.