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You just need 174 entities like Lodsys, and over 100% of your revenue has gone.

The likelihood of any one developer being contacted by "174 entitiesl ike Lodsys" is extremely low -- the same developer is more likely to be struck by lightning.

I have repeatedly pointed out, especially on my blog, the problem of encouraging other trolls to go after app developers. But in the example, $100 is a much better deal than paying thousands of dollars to lawyers. The thing that should happen is for Apple and Google to take care of their app developers.

Further, that $100 is assuming that your app actually makes $17k, which from my limited knowledge of the app market means you're actually doing fairly well compared to most developers.

Though maybe they're only targeting the apps that they know have made a decent amount, I'm not sure...

In this case, couldn't you just have them fight each other? I'm betting that their patent claims will be extremely generic, so it's possible that Entity#123's patent will be essentially the same as Entity#32's.

No, they want the low hanging fruit. All their generic patents will be used against you, not each other. They won't care that you're already paying other companies as long as they get paid again. And if you even think about claiming that it's already licensed, well see Apple's IAP for what happens.

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