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Lawyer Puts $10k Bounty on Blogger's Identity

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the turn-yourself-in-for-ten-grand dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Raymond Niro of Niro Scavone Haller & Niro is fighting back against criticism from the Patent Troll Tracker blog by offering a $10,000 bounty for the identity of the person behind it. He thinks the blogger might work for Microsoft, Intel, or has connections to a 'serial infringer' and that could 'color' what they say."

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  1. So long as said blogger is truthful.... by KublaiKhan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Truth is a defense for libel. So long as the blogger in question has not made any actual false statements, and has couched all opinions as such, rather than as facts--then he should STFU and GBTW.

    But then, if he's a patent troll, he's rather defined as "not being able to STFU and do something useful," now, is he?

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    1. Re:So long as said blogger is truthful.... by Romancer · · Score: 3, Informative

      Uh, no.

      "In law, defamation (also called vilification, slander, and libel) is the communication of a statement that makes a false claim, expressively stated or implied to be factual, that may harm the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government or nation."

      notice the "false claim" and "implied to be factual" parts.

      even the law websites out there classify libel as: "A false and defamatory statement concerning another." Notice again the "false" part.

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    2. Re:So long as said blogger is truthful.... by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 3, Informative

      The parent post is correct for US law. The grandparent post is correct for UK law, which is why libel lawyers have a lot more fun in the UK.

  2. Re:Oota Goota, Troll Tracker? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Ltd.
    Business address: Suite 4600, 181 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60602-4515
    Phone: (312) 236-0733
    Fax: (312) 236-3137

    Unfortunately, he has the same name as the firm's president and senior partner (Raymond P. Niro, Sr.), so it's hard to separate out their records.
    They appear to have homes in Barrington, IL, Arlington Heights, IL, Chicago, IL and Snowmass Village, CO (perhaps they like to ski).
    For some reason, even though the law firm is in Chicago, the president's address in its corporate filing shows his home as 2401 Spanish River Road, Boca Raton, FL 33432, phone (561) 362-7371.
    Another address seems to be 1005 N Arlington Heights Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60004-5669, phone (847) 749-1208.

    Their addresses within Chicago are likely to be:
    Raymond P. Niro, Sr. - 181 W Madison St, Ste 4600, Chicago, IL 60602-4635, phone (312) 236-0733
    Raymond P. Niro, Jr. - 25 E Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604-2201, phone (312) 362-8701

    Oh, and just in case Raymond P. Niro, Sr., his wife Judith, or Raymond P. Niro, Jr., are reading this - all this information is publically available, so don't even think of suing.

  3. Bulverism strikes again by Oloryn · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sounds to me like yet another exercise in Bulverism. Rather than actually try to argue with your opponent on the merits, you fantasize some motive on the part of your opponent, and assert that that motive must be throwing your opponent's reasoning off. You saw the same thing with SCO insisting that Groklaw must be being paid by IBM. Actually, this reasoning is irrelevant. Even if the opposition actually is motivated by the fantasy motive, their reasoning could still be correct. You find out if their reasoning is correct by examining it logically, not by speculating about their psychology.

  4. Well by bigsexyjoe · · Score: 4, Informative

    His number is (312) 236-0733. Call him and give him theories. I think everyone should.

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