Running the numbers is exactly what patent trolls do so yes it seems like a valid approach.
Reading down the Twitter feed from the troll in question shows a Tweet of a discovery by them and their lawyer that it's cheaper to deal with the court costs of trafficking 15 kg of cocaine than to legally assert a patent.
This of course can be read two ways like what a shame because it's a sin to use cocaine and not a sin to legally assert your intellectual property rights, however in context, it's so much more sinister scenario of shaking down legitimate businesses for illegitimate reasons.
Exactly. The costs of discovery are high and assymetric. A decent lawyer can legally cause a defendant to run up a monster bill long before this gets anywhere near a trial. It is legal extortion.
Reading down the Twitter feed from the troll in question shows a Tweet of a discovery by them and their lawyer that it's cheaper to deal with the court costs of trafficking 15 kg of cocaine than to legally assert a patent.
This of course can be read two ways like what a shame because it's a sin to use cocaine and not a sin to legally assert your intellectual property rights, however in context, it's so much more sinister scenario of shaking down legitimate businesses for illegitimate reasons.