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Vonage The problem is not the laws, but how they are enforced. A lady sues McDonald's for
The problem is not the laws, but how they are enforced. A lady sues McDonald's for $5 million because she spilled hot coffee in her lap. (My litigator friends say "but it was really hot coffee!"). This is clearly an abuse of the legal system and not what liability laws were intended for.
Should be invalidate all liability laws? Well, no. The problem is the litigation sytsem is broken. McDonalds spent more money on attorneys fees in that case than on the eventual payout. Full-blown litigation can cost $100,000 per MONTH and drag on for years.
You may have oversimplified the nature of the Patent involved (usually in these internet discussions, that is the case). If the invention was that simple, why not simply put in a monochromatic bulb in the speedometer? I doubt that would hurt sales of Harleys or Fords much.
Regardlless, the problem is, once a Patent is granted, you have to go to court to litigate it, and that can cost a lot of dough. So if the Patent holder offers to settle for "merely" a million bucks, well, that might seem like a good deal to the defendant.
3rd party Re-Exam has been touted as a solution to this problem. It might very well be a good idea. This would allow people to challenge patents at the Patent Office itself, rather than go to court. It would be a lot faster and cheaper.
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robertplattbell posted "The problem is not the laws, but how they are enforced. A lady sues McDonald's for" on 09/27/2007 |
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