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

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 2, 2013 @08:38AM from the scan-middle-finger-and-hit-send dept.

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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first post! by clm1970 · 2013-01-02 08:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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1. Re:first post! by maxwell+demon · 2013-01-02 08:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I'm sorry, but you violated my patent on Slashdot first-posting. Please pay $100.000 to my account. Thank you.
  
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