calvin ayre challenges patent troll to fight for bodog name and $1mill

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Isn't this pretty much the same thing Blackberry went through? They were sued based on a patent that specified a process or how the e-mail servers were set-up.

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Yeah, exactly. You've got these companies that do nothing that buy up weird little patents for peanuts, just on the off-chance that a few of them would hit. When it does, they find IP lawyers to take the case on a contingency basis and split the winnings. Even if the case is winnable, many firms will settle because the cost of settling is usually less than fighting and winning the case. In IBM vs SCO, it's estimated that SCO have burned through way over $10m dollars in legal costs and they haven't even got to trial yet.

Also: I didn't really mean I could kick sbrugby's ass. I have no doubt he could kick my ass at poker and at fisticuffs. I was just making a comparison regarding how pathetic such people sound.