Patent Troll Targeting Users of Scanners; Wants $1000/Employee

New submitter earlzdotnet writes "A new patent troll is in town, this time targeting the users of technology, rather than the creators. They appear to hold a process patent for 'scanning a document and then emailing it.' They are targeting small businesses in a variety of locations and usually want somewhere between $900 to $1200 per employee for 'infringement' of their patent. As with most patent trolls, they go by a number of shell companies, but the original company name appears to be Project Paperless LLC. Joel Spolsky said in a tweet that 'This is organized crime, plain and simple...' I tend to agree with him. When will something be done about this legal mafia?"

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Organized crime

[Hatta]

Organized crime is what the government does these days. They are not here to protect us. They are here to ensure that the rich and powerful get more rich and more powerful. Any sort of thuggery by which that occurs is fine as far as any arm of the government is concerned.