If the plaintiff cannot produce enough evidence to show that he has a reasonable chance of winning the case in court, the defendant can make a motion for summary judgement.
If the judge thinks that carrying the proceeding to trial would clearly be a waste of court time, he can then throw the case out.
How often does this happen, I wonder. Does "Can't produce licenses/disks for all installs" equal "enough evidence"?
On a related note: Something that would then keep this in check (and a lot of other crap) would be more laws penalizing those who file frivolous lawsuites.:)
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some of which are very dangerous if you don't know how to handle them
Actually, I'd be more worried about some of the ones who KNOW how to handle them.;-)
They'll make you a deal that will cost you less than defending yourself in court.
And that amounts to extortion - "Pay us money, or we'll cost you even more money."
Nobody should have to pay ANYTHING to defend themselves when there's no PROOF of wrongdoing. Even in a civil suit, the burden of PROOF is on the PLAINTIFF, not the defendant.
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If the plaintiff cannot produce enough evidence to show that he has a reasonable chance of winning the case in court, the defendant can make a motion for summary judgement. If the judge thinks that carrying the proceeding to trial would clearly be a waste of court time, he can then throw the case out. How often does this happen, I wonder. Does "Can't produce licenses/disks for all installs" equal "enough evidence"? On a related note: Something that would then keep this in check (and a lot of other crap) would be more laws penalizing those who file frivolous lawsuites. :)
some of which are very dangerous if you don't know how to handle them Actually, I'd be more worried about some of the ones who KNOW how to handle them. ;-)
They'll make you a deal that will cost you less than defending yourself in court. And that amounts to extortion - "Pay us money, or we'll cost you even more money." Nobody should have to pay ANYTHING to defend themselves when there's no PROOF of wrongdoing. Even in a civil suit, the burden of PROOF is on the PLAINTIFF, not the defendant.