Apple to pay $8M in damages over iPod playlist patent suit

I sometimes wonder if the judges and jurors in those east texas courts get a cut of whatever gets awarded? There ar so many patents and the trolls need to be cut down.

Did the term "generic" get lost somewhere in the translation from street speak to legalese? I don't see how any court, with the exception of Eastern Texas, can rule in the favor of a generic patent. It usually encompasses a variety of things, but no one thing in particular. I think I've become more upset with Texas than the patent trolls.

Because the costs and risks are high, defendants may settle , as Archos, Coby, and Sirius XM did, even non-meritorious suits they consider frivolous, for several hundred thousand dollars. The uncertainty and unpredictability of the outcome of jury trials also encourages settlement. Eight million is quite hefty.

Someone should end this startup issues. There is no sense for letting companies write patents on :
a) Clear things that every 3 years kid can invent.
b) Things that are so basic like download data or metadata. No, matter what it is.

If the patent were invented before the wheel. We were still living in caves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dySXl0Oxijw&feature=player_embedded

$8 Million dollars is something to sneeze at. At least where Apple is concerned. How many iPods and other iOS devices have they sold over the years? 500 million is probably a good guess. This is like 1.6 cents per device.

Crazy...Soon someone will sue Apple for "electronic device" patent...Or generic playing music device...this is trolling..