We can only hope

Posted May 27, 2014 13:34 UTC (Tue) by anselm (subscriber, #2796)
In reply to: We can only hope by robbe
Parent article: US Supreme Court decisions make patent trolling riskier

A patent that has just been proven worthless in court.

Not necessarily. If the court finds that company X does not infringe the patent, that doesn't mean companies Y and Z don't infringe it, either. (Whether it is possible to make money off it is of course a different question – the logical course for X would be to ask Y and Z for licensing fees, but that would probably just keep the patent litigation wheels turning.)