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EGreg
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Patent troll on the verge of winning 1% of iPhone ...
They are patent trolls if they push the business to settle out of court, which usually is only possible with small businesses.
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A lot of patent suits are settled out of court. Look up the IBM/Sun case, or the Apple/Microsoft cross licensing deal. All settled out of court.
EGreg
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An NPE which pushes to settle out of court.
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AFAIK it's pretty common in any lawsuit to try to convince the other party to settle out of court.
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