Software Writers Patently Enraged

[Adam Back]

What about suing the company that frivolous patent for the costs
incurred in defending against it?  A successful suit along these lines
might discourage companies from a) filing bogus patents, and b) using
them aggressively.  Does this happen?

Adam

On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 03:12:52PM +0100, Markus Kuhn wrote:
> After reading
> 
>   http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51689,00.html
> 
> I wonder, why US companies who suffer substantial legal claims from
> defending themselves against ridiculous patent claims don't try to sue
> the US Patent Office for damages?
> 
> Has this been tried?