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I love this. But, am saddened that the troll hasn't lost. The troll is free to move on to the next mark, which likely won't have a free legal team behind them.

I wonder if invalidating patents, that trolls commonly use, a good use of a law student's time?

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What would be really awesome is if the BLIP clinic students decided to dedicate themselves to destroying this particular troll. Since they'd already put in the hours getting up to speed on the patent in question (and filing that likely-would-have-been-successful motion), they should reach out to the other folks who have/will be sued by 911 and offer to defend them. Troll the troll, as it were.

Another comment mentioned Maegan Fuller just passed the bar exam. Could be a great way to get a budding litigation career off the ground.

If she started a kickstarter, I'd be happy to fund...

I would as well.

Honestly, 911 Notify is far from the worst troll. Most of their targets are deep-pocket public companies that have plenty of cash to hire big brand law firms.

I think it would be a great use of student time to identify the most egregious patents / trolls and try to invalidate their patents.

I would imagine in most cases you can't invalidate a patent without going to trial. I could be wrong on this.

From what I've read, it seems if a patent troll feels they might lose the case they'll drop it. Why risk losing the patent when you can just move on to the next mark?

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