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Originally Posted by dapperdan
Seems slightly odd to have already published the price they intend to charge but they're not actually figured if they have something to offer in exchange. You'd think the price would in some way depend on the quality and quantity of IP being licensed, cost to work around etc
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Ah I see you are new. Patent trolls use completely arbitrary fantasy numbers to justify prices, they use these inflated prices to attract costumers i.e. more members in the patent pool. Essentially they are running a scam. IF they are smart scammers they ask for prices that they know people can pay. They get no money otherwise, pricing is usually based like this. If they have in any way a legimate case, they will settle out of court for a percentage of profits. If the case ends up in court and it is not a paid shill of the copyright troll they will ask for examples of similar cases and base judgement on that.