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I don't think that's what he was asking. I think he was asking about how to structure his corporation so as to be legally out of reach of patent trolls.



Your options are fight or flight.

Assuming you have the wherewithal to incorporate a shell anonymously, that's one option. You might even get away with it. Good luck pitching that to investors.

Might I suggest you look to the future. What's happening here is as clear as day: our patent system is out of control. It's out of touch with technology, out of touch with reality, and worse yet it's lining the pockets of the rich and corrupt at the cost of forward progress.

What has Lodsys accomplished by doing this? Shown that it understands how to kick, extort, and squeal its way to profit by abusing its understanding of antiquated methodologies.

Pond scum.

No words.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4591002


The use of Android/iOS app stores likely ties you into the U.S. jurisdiction, which allows for an Australian company to sue a Swedish company in the state of Texas (Uniloc v. Mojang).




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