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> Being sued and defending yourself is enormously expensive...

I think you answered your own question there.

That's where the crowdsourcing comes in :-)

I'm sure there are young lawyers that would like to give some of these cases a try. Surely there must be someone with a conscience in that line of business. I could also imagine that companies and individuals might want to donate.

Adam Carolla is spearheading a group of the top podcasts in the world doing exactly this. I've donated, I know Carolla can rub people the wrong way, but he's the guy you want running something like this, since he'll spend a ton of his own money to prove his point.

http://fundanything.com/patenttroll?locale=en

Carolla's opines are based in logic I have always found. I can not donate to his cause because I find it impossible to justify another countries broken legal system has to accept bribes to stop from destroying innovation.

What's your solution then? Complaining gets nothing done in the US unless it's backed with money.

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