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2013

YouTube - Fark's Founder on How He Beat a Patent Troll

Posted By Dominick Severance, Sep 17, 2012

Fark is a news aggregator site where users can submit links that are then listed on Fark's frontpage based on their popularity.  This makes Fark a competitor to Reddit or Digg.  Drew Curtis, the founder of Fark, was sued by a patent troll. Drew details in a TED talk how he decided to handle the situation - basically, he doesn't negotiate with terrorists and therefore did not negotiate with the troll.  Instead of settling or fighting the validity of the patent, Drew focused on battling the infringement claim. When Drew focused on the claim, the troll backed down and settled for nothing.

Source (YouTube): http://youtu.be/E_lb3D7Ay-M