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Agree, very delightful! However, the backstory is little more calculative..

"Newegg Chief Legal Officer Lee Cheng says the move is necessary since Minero dismissed its Texas lawsuit without prejudice, meaning it can refile the case at a time of its choosing.

Cheng noted that Minero continues to litigate against other retailers that sell Rosewill-branded products and that Newegg may have defense obligations to those other companies. Minero continues to press its case against more than 20 companies, with the defendants including Office Depot, Walmart, and Amazon—three big retailers that sell Rosewill products.

Newegg's lawsuit asks only for a judicial ruling of non-infringement, not money damages..."

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/newegg-sues-paten...

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I don't believe it. My dramatization of that moment in time is much more movie-accurate, and therefore, much more believable.

Also, Newegg have always stated they would fight every single patent case to the death. And they haven't just stated that, they've gone ahead and done it.

That's actually not only awesome, but smart. You do not want to sue Newegg for patent infringement. Notice how fast that company dropped their patent suit? Unfortunately for them, Newegg never, ever gives in. Ever.

Newegg have always stated they would fight every single patent case to the death

Blue Jeans Cable took much the same approach to Monster Cable. The response was an all-time classic. I've posted snippets here before but can't resist doing it again:

   if you file on this sort of basis, you are in
   Rule 11 frivolous-claim territory
   ...
   You are required, as a matter of legal ethics,
   to display good faith and professional candor
   in your dealings with adverse parties, and you
   have fallen miserably short of your ethical
   responsibilities
   ...
   Read the patents narrowly, and Monster loses;
   read them broadly, and Monster loses.
   ...
   I spent nineteen years in litigation practice
   ...
   I am "uncompromising" in the most literal sense
   of the word. If Monster Cable proceeds with
   litigation against me I will pursue the same
   merits-driven approach: I do not compromise with
   bullies and I would rather spend fifty thousand
   dollars on defense than give you a dollar of
   unmerited settlement funds.
   ...
   Not only am I unintimidated by litigation;
   I sometimes rather miss it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9284093

   Not only am I unintimidated by litigation;
   I sometimes rather miss it.

That is one of the better lines to ever be written in a legal letter.

> That is one of the better lines to ever be written in a legal letter.

Along with: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2013/08/arkell-v-pressdram.html

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