I've definitely seen a HN'er suggest that a losing patent troll should have to at least cover the defendant's legal fees.
That's probably enough to put them out of business isn't it? The guy who's patent trolling Hipmunk is a one man shop, so getting hit with a 7 figure legal fee upon losing will force him to liquidate all his assets (read: Patents!). Though I'm not sure what would happen if various patents and assets were partitioned off into separate C corporations that would effectively protect the guy himself :(
We need a way to pierce the corporate veil in very frivolous lawsuits. Like, "did prior art exist that didn't require extensive search to find? $1 million damages to the defendant from you, personally, Myrvolds."
That's probably enough to put them out of business isn't it? The guy who's patent trolling Hipmunk is a one man shop, so getting hit with a 7 figure legal fee upon losing will force him to liquidate all his assets (read: Patents!). Though I'm not sure what would happen if various patents and assets were partitioned off into separate C corporations that would effectively protect the guy himself :(