People being sued for patent infringement often go on the offensive, filing reexamination requests with the USPTO in order to invalidate the patent.
One problem is that the courts, especially those in East Texas, do not care to wait for the reexamination procedures to finish, so you can infringe on a patent later found invalid.
It would be very interesting if Notch got their lawyers to supervise a crowd-sourced search for prior art, though. I hope he does so!
One problem is that the courts, especially those in East Texas, do not care to wait for the reexamination procedures to finish, so you can infringe on a patent later found invalid.
It would be very interesting if Notch got their lawyers to supervise a crowd-sourced search for prior art, though. I hope he does so!