Molson Hart

Finding it hard to have sympathy for someone successful enough to spend $17 million on litigation. You can't tell me with a straight face that the money they've made so far isn't sufficient to incentivize new inventions, patent or no patent.

Really? I can certainly tell you that efficient infringement is hurting innovation and inventors are not inventing. Go ask some creatives about their experience making a living as opposed to how great it is to “spend $17 million” on litigation.

That may be so, but the poster child for it shouldn't be a guy who's made 8-9 figures off a single invention crying about how he can't make even more

“Poster child”? I’ve got 110 patents over the past 28 years & feel the same way. My co.s paid for the prosecution & we have hundreds of licenses in a variety of subject matter. Bc of efficient infringement American innovation suffers. It’s very simple.

I was responding to a tweet mentioning this guy's story. He's been going around for years pushing the same narrative, made a documentary, etc. You might have a different story that's more sympathetic, I don't know.

“Sympathy” doesn’t pay the bills. Our gold standard patent system is no more. Internationally, we’re ranked with Italy 11th or 12th. Because I know @joshballoonguy well, his story & all American inventors’ stories deserve to be told.

My own contact with the US IP system has been on the receiving end of massive abuse by large companies frivolously asserting infringement. I know of many others with similar stories. Not sure what point you're trying to make here, really.