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No - it is the dumbest thing you can do. They can win by default... you lose... you don't get to be 're-heard'


Are you sure you're a lawyer, as you've claimed elsewhere? I have strong doubts given the way you debate and write.

As a lawyer you should know that (at least in the US) relief from a default judgment is available. Such relief requires a showing of good cause, but the standard for "good cause" doesn't appear to be especially high.


a lawyer and owner of a tech patent - not a troll- http://patents.justia.com/inventor/peter-a-groverman


That patent is a fucking joke. You didn't invent anything, and the claims section reads like a parody, buzzword combination without thought or insight.

So you want to profiteer on a broken system? Cool. But don't hang out here, handing out advice and pretending that you're anything but part of the problem.


It seems to me that the only reason you frequent HN is to find any potential startups that might be using a system remotely resembling what you described in your patent, so that you could sue them. Pathetic.


Wow, you actually are, albeit an inactive one! Well, when I'm wrong I'm wrong. I'm surprised you don't debate better though because every lawyer I've known has been excellent at debating!

The fact you're a patent troll with a software patent for an "innovation" that (according to this comment's sibling comments) is super trivial, obvious, and certainly not new puts your perspective into perspective! I hope it gets invalidated!

As a point of note, I'm not clicking on that link so I can remain ignorant of that patent. I hear that's the best course of action for developers ... just in case!

Also, I just watched your TED application video: people sometimes go to the US with empty suitcases for the purposes of shopping because it's cheaper to buy the same or similar products in the US than it is to buy them locally. More importantly, it's fun. They also do the same in other countries too!


And so you are one of them. You're asking software developers like us to cut deals with people like you in order to avoid litigation.


So, you invented rewards points in 2012....


Yeah, so patents like this are exactly the problem.


Yes, you lose, but less than you'd lose if you fight it.




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