said by SD6 
:Not true. Many small companies go out of business. Why shouldn't they be allowed to gain at least from the technology they developed?
The CATV companies do NOT innovate. They generally utilize technology that others develop.
The VoIP lawsuits that Verizon have brought are more dubious, and are more for competitive reasons than "meritorious" reasons, than these.
The customer is more often hurt by the abuse of monopoly or dominating company than by some little guy suing.
I agree that some patents are legitimate and they deserve to win. But many of these patents are not specific enough to be enforced and these lawsuit firms try to get money thru blackmail rather than thru any legitimate claims.
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